Release

Abbreviation(s) or Acronym(s): None

Definition(s):

  1. (noun) The bundled set of Deliverables that acts as the Project Management unit of delivery for an Information Technology (IT) Organization and as a measure for Solutions, including but not limited to Products, Services, Systems, Assets, Applications, Software, Devices, and Capabilities, all while adhering to a Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

  2. (noun) An aggregated, controlled, repeatable, uniquely identifiable, and versioned set of Changes intended to be applied, or that have been applied, to an existing construct or set of constructs — such as Environments, Organizations, Systems, Processes, Procedures, and/or Artifacts — following a defined Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for delivery to its intended audience.

  3. (noun) The term Software Developers and Product Developers use to represent a packaged and versioned deliverable, representing a controlled set of Changes, intended to be deployed to a final consumer or Environment for use by a downstream Resource, Organization, or System.

  4. (noun) A term used by some Infrastructure and Support Organizations or Resources to describe what is more regularly referred to as a deployment — a set of Infrastructure Changes — of a developed Product or Software Release.

  5. (verb) To make a Release available or accessible to its intended audience.