ITAM TEST AND MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE

Release Types

  • HotFix - Development to production to fix a Priority 1 event. 
  • Minor - Minor modifications / enhancements and bug fixes that are not Priority 1. 
  • Major - Major modifications / enhancements.

Versioning Scheme

  • HotFix - X.Xa
  • Minor - X.1
  • Major - 2.x

Release Schedule

  • HotFix - As Needed
  • Minor - Once a Month
  • Major - Once a Year

Branching to support Release Schedule



Developers

  • Version Control
    • Numbering System
  • Source Control
    • Add Jira Story # in commit comments

QA

  • Testing Occurs in QA / Test environment
  • Testing Documentation is added to each story
  • QA signs off for each release
    • Report for management and team

Stage - Pre-Production

  • Testing Occurs in Stage environment
  • Testing Documentation is added to each story
  • QA signs off for each release
    • Report for management and team

Mgt/Dev/QA

  • Weekly backlog Grooming
    • Current status
    • Plan for next release
  • Deploy calendar / schedule

Jira

Column Names

  • To Do - Work needing to be completed for current sprint
  • In Progress - Developer is currently working on it
  • Dev Done - Developer is finished and its ready for testing
  • QA - QA is testing
  • Finished - QA is finished and has pushed to the next Release

Bugs

  • Required Bug Details for each ticket
    • Description of Issue
    • Steps needed to reproduce Issue
    • Excepted Results
    • Actual Results
    • Environment Issue Occurred

Story

  • Minimal Story Details for each ticket
    • As a "Role" - Describes the User that will be utilizing feature / function
    • I want "Goal" - Describes what the User is expecting from the request
    • So that "Benefit" - Describes the value this request will have on the user's utilization of the application