Categorization of Software Release Risks and Its Abatement Strategy

Arti Rana¹, S. P. Singh², Rachna Soni³, Ashish Jolly⁴

¹Amity Institute of Information Technology, Amity University, Noida (UP), India.
²Birla Institute of Technology, Extension Centre, Noida, India.
³Department of Computer Science, DAV College for Girls, Yamuna Nagar, India.
⁴Department of Computer Science, Govt. College, Bherian (Pehowa), Haryana, India.

DOI: 10.4236/jsea.2014.712091                

Abstract

Growing competition in the software industry with the persistently changing needs and the usual problems associated with software release, which have made acceptance of a new software in market, are extremely important for the success. Volatility in the software developmental processes is generally difficult to handle. The change request at any arbitrary point of time leads to the inevitable change and rework request. The software release process which broadly includes all the process that starts after the completion of development till the final deployment. This complete phase is exposed to various risks which may hamper the final result. This paper presents threat associated with software release activities and their possible mitigation and exploring the role played by the change management in controlling or reducing those risks.For the effective survival in ever changing software industry needs, Software Release Management takes a holistic view of the change and configuration relationship and work on the improvement strategies for the effective release with zero defect potential.

Keywords

Software Release Management, Change Management, Release Deployment

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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