Process impact: The process of
working through this checklist helps uncover any remaining concerns
before the release, and reminds internal stakeholders of their
upcoming responsibilities. Once this checklist has been satisfied,
this release may be sent to manufacturing and sold to customers with
the full support of the organization.
TODO: Discuss each item with the relevant stakeholders and update
its status. Add comments as needed to record important decisions
or link to resulting documents. Add new items as needed for your
particular project or process. Any uncovered problems or tasks
should be tracked in the issue tracker.
Marketing / Product Management
Item
Status
Comments
All new requirements for this release have been tracked
Tech support is ready to begin supporting users of this release
Pending
Operations is ready to put this release into production use
Pending
The tech support / operations teams are satisfied with this release
Pending
Services / Training
Item
Status
Comments
Services / Training has had access to this release
Pending
The impact of any changes on service offerings has been
identified and tracked
Pending
Training materials have been updated
Pending
The Training department is ready to train users of this release
Pending
The Services department is ready to offer professional services
for this release
Pending
Services / Training is satisfied with this release
Pending
Legal
Item
Status
Comments
Legal risks associated with this release have been identified and tracked
Pending
We hold proper licenses for all reused components and intellectual property
Pending
We conform to all relevant laws and regulations (e.g., export, safety)
Pending
This release satisfies the conditions of all claimed certifications
Pending
This release satisfies specific clauses of any relevant customer
or partner contracts
Pending
The legal team is satisfied with this release
Pending
TIP: If a stakeholder hits difficulties with this release after it
goes out, add those issues to the checklist template so that
everyone knows that they will be explicitly managed on the next
release. Conduct a postmortem review to help expose difficulties
rather than repeat them.
TIP: You might consider some of the following additional
stakeholders at your organization: other engineering groups (i.e.,
hardware design), manufacturing and shipping, software process
improvement, key customers and partners, external developers, risk
management, business development, and upper management.
TODO: Check for words
of wisdom for additional advice on this template.