Quality Management:Quality manual/Work instructions/Release Note

The release note below is used in all projects governed by Virtual Team A/S (Danish) (English).

Release Note
All software releases must have a release note. The format below may be used. The release note must at least have the following informations stated:
 * Date
 * Project name / Product name
 * Date of release
 * Name of responsible release engineer
 * Release category: Describe the target for the release e.g.: Bi-weekly development, Alpha, Beta, Production, Error correction].
 * Changes in release: with references to development requirements and/or bug trace references.
 * Dependencies: E.g. if special database version is needed or special configuration is needed.
 * Test requirements: Information about what tests has been executed and what remains. Reference to test documentation. Requirements to test environment.
 * Known issues.
 * Target for next release: Reference to development requirements and/or bug trace references.

Further information that is also useful:
 * Reason for the change / release
 * Analysis of consequences: E.g. for the target organization. Needed update of documentation.

Example of release note are shown below: