The Deployment Manager role is responsible for planning the product's transition to the user community, ensuring those plans are enacted appropriately, managing issues and montoring progress.

Topics

Develop deployment Plan Deployment Plan Manage Acceptance Test Provide Access to Download Site Verify Manufactured Product Write Release Notes release to Manufacturing Manage Beta Test Define Bill of Materials Bill of Materials Release Notes Product


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Staffing To top of page

Skills To top of page

A person playing the Deployment Manager role requires the following skills:

  • Experience in deploying systems.
  • Communication/Coordination in order to stay current with the status of the product development and communicate the needs of the deployment activities to the rest of the organization.
  • Planning Ability in order to ensure that deployment can be performed on schedule and with the available resources.
  • Goal-orientation and Pro-activity in order to plan and drive the product to completion across the various teams. The Deployment Manager role has to focus on getting a quality product out the door.
Role assignment approaches To top of page

Here are some examples of different ways this role can be assigned:

  • To be effective, the Deployment Manager and the Project Manager roles must work closely together. As such Often these roles are realized by a single person.

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