]po[ ITSM Release Management

hive_module_itsm

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This package implements a release management process according to ITSM/ITIL best practices. It provides a status engine for release items and keeps track of status changes.

Release management (RM) is the process of managing software releases. One of the principle goals of RM is to increase IT efficiency and to reduce time and cost when implementation and maintaining software.

Release Items

A "release item" is a ]project-open[ object that has produced changes that need to be released to production. ]po[ supports the following release items:

• Task
• Ticket
• Project

Release Status Engine

Each release item has to pass through a number of states as it passes through a number of tests towards its release.

The states of the status engine are defined by Intranet Release Status. The default states are defined as below. You can modify the states by editing the "Intranet Release Status" category type.

 category_id |            category
-------------+--------------------------------
        4500 | 0 - Developing
        4540 | 1 - Ready for Review
        4550 | 2 - Ready for Integration
        4560 | 3 - Ready for Integration Test
        4570 | 4 - Ready for Acceptance Test
        4585 | 5 - Ready for Production
        4590 | 6 - Ready to be closed
        4595 | 7 - Closed

Release Management process - Basic Steps (Source: Wikipedia)

Release Items

Releases items are assigned to Release Projects and have a given lifecycle (Release Status) and priority.

Journal

All changes are tracked in a journal:

References 

Related Object Types

• [Release Member] 
  

Related Modules

• IT Services Management 

Package Documentation

TCL Libraries

tcl/intranet-release-mgmt-procs.tcl

Library for ]po[ specific release-mgmt functionality

TCL Procedures

im_navbar_tree_release_mgmt		Creates an <ul> ...</ul> collapsable menu for the system's main NavBar.
im_package_release_mgmt_id		Returns the package id of the intranet-release-mgmt module
im_release_mgmt_journal_component		Show the Journal for the current project
im_release_mgmt_new_journal		Creates a new journal entry that can be passed to PL/SQL routines
im_release_mgmt_project_component		Returns a list release items associated to the current project
im_release_mgmt_referencing_projects_component		Returns a list of projects referencing to this release
im_release_mgmt_status_accepted
im_release_mgmt_status_approved
im_release_mgmt_status_build
im_release_mgmt_status_closed
im_release_mgmt_status_default
im_release_mgmt_status_developing
im_release_mgmt_status_read_to_build
im_release_mgmt_status_ready_for_acceptance_test
im_release_mgmt_status_ready_for_integration_test
im_release_mgmt_task_board_component		Shows an interactive task board with release items

SQL Files

sql/postgresql/intranet-release-mgmt-create.sql
sql/postgresql/intranet-release-mgmt-drop.sql
sql/postgresql/upgrade/upgrade-3.4.0.8.5-3.4.0.8.6.sql
sql/postgresql/upgrade/upgrade-3.5.9.9.9-4.0.0.0.0.sql

Content Files