Doc:1.0A/Release Management

This manual covers the release management discipline.

Terminology (a.k.a "The least you need to know")
As with any discipline, there is a lot of jargon used in release management. Release management uses some common words in very specialised ways and, unfortunately, there is not generally accepted set of definitions. This section attempts to provide only a few key terms used and to define them using simple language. For a more comprehensive list of terms used throughout system lifecycle management, refer to the glossary.


 * Change
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Definition of Release Management
As with so much else in IT there are a miriad different definitions to be found for change management.

In a nutshell
The central ideas behind all release management systems are essentially very simple.

Careers
There are many opportunities for careers in release management within IT.