The Project Workout, 4th Edition

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The Release Stage: Let’s Get Going!

Overview

Key deliverable

Process steps

This is the stage when the ‘rubber hits the road’.

‘What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning.’

T S ELIOT

Overview

This is the stage when ‘the rubber hits the road’, you unleash your creation on the world and start to reap the benefits your project was set up to realise. It involves:

• releasing the validated solution into its operational environment;
• the start of all operational support;
• the handover of the solution from the project manager to the functions and business units for on-going operation and assurance.

In addition, work is carried out post-release to ensure the environment left by the project is ‘clean.’ ...