Release Planning and Management. This service proactively manages the size, timeline and activities associated with introducing an application software change into production environment. Examples include: • Release planning which involves analyzing requirements versus schedule of release window; • Release evaluation which involves the evaluation summary based on impact assessment, ongoing benefits, risk assessment and strategic considerations; • Release management which involves application validation and certification, integrated validation testing, acceptance and soak testing; • Release sizing which involves weighting the impact point value.
