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:

File: releasenote.txt
QA ref.: http://pmis.biz/wiki/QM:Quality_manual/Work_instructions/Release_Note


                    RELEASE NOTE - <project name> project
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Date: <date>
Release category: [Options: Bi-weekly development, Alpha, Beta, Production, Error correction]
Release engineer: <Name>
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Changes in this release:
<Reference> <Short description>

================================================================================
Dependencies:


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Test requirements:

================================================================================
Known issues:


Target for next release:

================================================================================
END of note.

References

• Release_Note_version_01(da).doc - Release note in danish

Document History

Version	Date	Author	Status	Purpose of update
1	25 Aug 2011	PSA	Draft	New document
2	13 Jan 2012	PSA	Final	Text review and minor corrections
3	31 May 2012	PSA	Final	Text revised and danish release note added