Application Deployment

Definition

Application deployment is the deployment deployment subactivity consisting of the cohesive collection of all tasks that are primarily performed to deploy all or part of a completed application to its production environments.

Goals

The typical goals of the application deployment subactivity are to:

• Formally transfer the completed application from the development organization to the customer organization.
• Prepare the application for use by the user organization(s).

Objectives

The typical objectives of the application deployment subactivity are to:

• Deliver the final version of all deliverable work products to the customer organization.
• Deploy the application to its production environments.
• Notify the user organizations regarding the readiness of the application for use.

Examples

Typical examples of the application deployment subactivity include:

• Deployment of a new application.
• Deployment of a new version of an existing application.
• Deployment of a commercially-available application.

Preconditions

The application deployment subactivity may typically begin when the following preconditions hold:

• The application has passed system testing.
• The delivery phase has started.
• The project management Team is adequately staffed and trained in its deployment tasks.
• The deployment team is adequately staffed and trained in its deployment tasks.

Completion Criteria

The application deployment subactivity is typically complete when the following postconditions hold:

• The application has been officially accepted by the customer organization.
• The application is in use by the user organizations.
• The delivery phase is complete.

Tasks

The application deployment subactivity typically involves the following producers performing the following deployment tasks:

• Project Management Team, which performs:
  • Deployment Planning
  • Documentation Delivery
  • Application Delivery:
• Deployment Team, which performs:
  • Deployment Planning
  • Application Installation
  • Application Tuning

Environments

The application deployment subactivity typically involves the following environments:

• Production Environments:
  • Client Environment
  • Contact Center Environment
  • Data Center Environment

Work Products

The application deployment subactivitydfires typically results in the production deployment work products:

• Deployment Plan
• Release Notes
• Installation Manual

Phases

The application deployment subactivity typically involves the following phases:

• Business Strategy: Not Applicable
• Business Optimization: Not Applicable
• Initiation: Not Applicable
• Construction: Deployment Planning
• Delivery: Other Deployment Tasks
• Usage: Not Applicable
• Retirement: Not Applicable

Guidelines

• This subactivity is documented using the typical configuration for large projects. It is intended to be configured (i.e., instantiated, extended, and tailored) to meet the needs of specific projects.
• The preconditions of this subactivity should be the union of the preconditions of its constituent tasks.
• The completion criteria for this subactivity should be the union of the postconditions of its constituent tasks.