• Overview
• Software Release Lifecycle Overview
• Software Release Manager Job Description
• Software Release Team Member Glossary
• Software Release Life Cycle WBS


• Software Release Lifecycle Phases
• Phase 1: Preliminary Requirements Gathering
• Phase 2: Scope Definition
• Phase 3: Negotiation and Planning
• Phase 4: Release Plan Refinement
• Phase 5: Development Tracking
• Phase 6: Integration
• Phase 7: System Test
• Phase 8: Internal Test (Alpha)
• Phase 9: External Test (Beta)
• Phase 10: Distribution

Software Release Life Cycle WBS

Summary: An MS Project work breakdown structure covering all 10 phases of the Software Release Life Cycle.

This WBS will help you:

• Provide a full cross-functional work breakdown for a software release a project, from business process requirements definition all the way through acceptance testing and deployment
• Show typical dependency relationships between WBS elements, and have generic departmental resoruces assigned to each.
• Use this file as a model for your own WBS; or edit the file in Microsoft Project to add items specific to your situation and create your own template, if desired.

What you get:

• Microsoft Project WBS covering all 10 phases of the Software Release Lifecycle.

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