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Project Portal
| Activity: Deploy the Product
Release Manager
|  |  |  | Release a Product |  |
|  | Participating Roles Responsible: Release Manager Consult: Developer
### Overview The final step in creating a product is to deploy it. The purpose of deployment is to gather all of the pieces necessary for the final delivery. In some cases, this involves copying the product to a media master. In other cases, it is to deploy it to a staging server or download site. Whatever the mechanism used, the goal is the same – transition the system to the users. # Entry Criteria The release has release notes and is ready to be delivered to the customer. # Sub-Activities
1 | Package the Release | Package the product to be easily installed or deployed. Create the media master or execute the deployment of the product.
2 | Distribute the Release | Deliver the system to its intended users.
# Exit Criteria
| The system is accepted by the customer.
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