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.

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, as well as how well the installation work products work in the final product. 

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.

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 delivery process, however, it is assumed that a software product development organization has established the right marketing channels and infrastructure for product distribution.