Activity: Verify Manufactured
Product
Purpose
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| Role: Deployment Manager | |
| Frequency: Once prior to ordering the production run, or distributing the product for customer use. | |
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Verify the Product against the Bill of Materials 
The Deployment Manager needs to be satisfied that the manufactured product is complete. Completion in this instance means that the product has all the constituent parts listed in the Bill of Materials. The Deployment Manager needs to go through the checklist and identify the product components.
Follow Product Installation Instructions
Having made sure that the manufactured product has all the required elements, the Deployment Manager has to ensure that the customer can load and run the software. This step is really a check to verify the clarity of installation instructions, and how well installation artifacts work in the final product.
Check the Product for Usability
Having installed the software, the Deployment Manager should go through the various tutorials and try out the product. The Deployment Manager should look at the product help features, and documentation to ensure that all is in order.
As an added precaution, the Deployment Manager should go through the exercise of reporting bugs, or calling the Help Line to check for responsiveness.
Ship Product to Customers
Assuming that the product passes the visual and usability tests, the Deployment Manager can sign-off the product release and make it available for shipment to customers. Product shipping is beyond the scope of a software development process, however, it is assumed that a software product development organization has established the right marketing channels and infrastructure for product distribution.
