Production Release Process

A Production Release Process is a live deployment final software release process that deploys production release artifacts from production staging environments to production environments.

• AKA: Production Deployment Process, Live Release Process, Go-Live Process, Production Rollout.
• Context:
  • It can typically merge Production Staging Branches through production release process promotion steps.
  • It can typically create Production Release Tags through production release process version markings.
  • It can typically execute Production Release Verifications through production release process smoke tests.
  • It can often trigger Production Release Auto-Deployments through production release process CI/CD automations.
  • It can often implement Production Release Monitorings through production release process observability tools.
  • It can often coordinate Production Release Communications through production release process stakeholder notifications.
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  • It can range from being a Zero-Downtime Production Release Process to being a Maintenance-Window Production Release Process, depending on its production release process availability requirement.
  • It can range from being a Instant Production Release Process to being a Gradual Production Release Process, depending on its production release process rollout strategy.
  • It can range from being a Low-Risk Production Release Process to being a High-Risk Production Release Process, depending on its production release process change magnitude.
  • It can range from being a Single-Region Production Release Process to being a Multi-Region Production Release Process, depending on its production release process geographic scope.
  • It can range from being a Feature-Toggle Production Release Process to being a Full-Deployment Production Release Process, depending on its production release process activation method.
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  • It can enforce Production Release Change Control for production release process risk management.
  • It can maintain Production Release Runbook for production release process execution guide.
  • It can implement Production Release Rollback Plan for production release process failure mitigation.
  • It can require Production Release Sign-Off for production release process accountability.
  • It can generate Production Release Metrics for production release process performance tracking.
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• Examples:
  • E-Commerce Production Release Processes, such as:
    • Shopping Cart Production Release Process with production release process transaction validation.
    • Payment Gateway Production Release Process with production release process security verification.
    • Inventory System Production Release Process with production release process data consistency check.
  • SaaS Platform Production Release Processes, such as:
    • Multi-Tenant Production Release Process with production release process tenant isolation.
    • API Service Production Release Process with production release process backward compatibility.
  • Enterprise System Production Release Processes, such as:
    • ERP Production Release Process with production release process business continuity.
    • CRM Production Release Process with production release process data migration.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Staging Release Process, which deploys to test environments rather than production environments.
  • Development Deployment, which lacks production release process quality gates.
  • Prototype Release, which lacks production release process stability requirements.
• See: Software Release Process, Staging Release Process, Software Release Management, Production Environment Management, Continuous Deployment Practice, DevOps Platform, Incident Management Process, Change Management Process, GitHub Actions Platform.

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