Introduction to Deployment
The purpose of the deployment workflow is to successfully produce product releases, and deliver the software to its end users. It covers a wide range of activities including:
- Producing external releases of the software.
- Packaging the software.
- Distributing the software.
- Installing the software.
- Providing help and assistance to users.
In many cases, this also includes activities such as:
Although deployment activities are mostly centered around the transition phase, many of the activities need to be included in earlier phases to prepare for deployment at the end of the construction phase.
The range of software product types is such that it is not possible to describe a generic deployment workflow in the same degree of detail as other core process workflows in the Rational Unified Process. The next section, Typical Activities in Deployment, give some idea of the types of issues that may need to be resolved.
