release-management

Managing Release 3.2.0 from Preparation to Announcement

A release involves 12 changes and 3 fixes, but without a formal process someone deploys before the release manager approves and stakeholders learn about it from a customer tweet. This workflow prepares the release, gates it on approval, deploys to production, and publishes release notes.

Workflow

version, product
      |
      v
+--------------+     +---------------+     +--------------+     +----------------+
| rm_prepare   | --> | rm_approve    | --> | rm_deploy    | --> | rm_announce    |
+--------------+     +---------------+     +--------------+     +----------------+
  PREPARE-1500        approved by          deployed to          release notes
  12 changes,         release manager      production           published
  3 fixes

Workers

PrepareWorker -- Prepares release 3.2.0 for the platform: 12 changes, 3 fixes. Returns prepareId: "PREPARE-1500".

ApproveWorker -- Gates the release on release manager approval. Returns approve: true.

DeployWorker -- Deploys the approved version to production. Returns deploy: true.

AnnounceWorker -- Publishes release notes and notifies stakeholders. Returns announce: true.

Tests

2 unit tests cover the release management pipeline.

Running

See ../../RUNNING.md for setup and execution instructions.