Activity: Produce Deployment Unit

This activity produces a deployment unit that enables the software product to be effectively installed and used.

Description	Work Breakdown Structure	Team Allocation	Work Product Usage

Relationships

Parent Activities	Deployment

Description

This activity produces the deployment unit. The deployment unit consists of all the software and necessary accompanying work products required to install and use the product. The final product is made up of the deployment unit, installation artifacts and product documentation.

Deployment units are created for beta tests, as well as for the final product.

Properties

Event Driven
Multiple Occurrences
Ongoing
Optional
Planned
Repeatable

Staffing

This activity relies on the skill set of described roles to create the product, installation scripts, and associated user support material, in a form that can be effectively delivered to the end users.

Usage

Usage Guidance

This work is primarily performed in the construction and transition phases, although it may start in the elaboration phase, especially where aspects of the deployment of the product are determined to involve significant architectural risk. This work typically begins mid-way through the iteration and may be repeated several times during the remainder of the iteration.

This work is not considered optional, although it will differ in format, style and level of ceremony to suit the project context.