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Activity:

Validate a Release

Participating Roles

Responsible:

Release Manager

Consult:

Tester

Overview

Entry Criteria

    Dependencies:

    • The release candidate build meets time or functionality objectives established in the vision statement.
    • The release candidate build meets quality objectives from the test approach.

    Sub-Activities

    1

    Create a Release Branch
    • Create a new branch for the release candidate. This isolates the code so that only selected fixes may be applied.

    2

    Run Regression Test
    • Run a full regression test on the release candidate.

    3

    Open a Bug
    • A test failure results in a new bug report. Assess the impact and reproduce each bug.
    • Check for duplicate bugs. Attach bugs identified to the test task that generated the bugs.
    • Attach the test case, test results, test configuration, and scenario or quality of service requirement to the bug report.

    Exit Criteria

    No regression test is blocked.

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