IT Release Management

82 ◾ IT Release Management: A Hands-on Guide

Benefits

e core benet of the Quality Assurance phase is that the quality of the release

being developed and implemented is assured. is is done through creating criti-

cal success factors that have a direct correlation to the business requirements of

the release. Being able to create a clear and concise test plan that demonstrates the

critical success factors have been met is a key benet. Other benets of the Quality

Assurance phase are:

◾ A documented test plan with clear and concise critical success factors is created.

◾ All releases are thoroughly tested according to business and functional

requi ...