Validate Deployment Stage

Description

The purpose of the value stream stage “Validate Deployment” is to ensure that all aspects of the deployment activities were correctly executed. This includes checking that the Product Instance is indeed running and configured according to plan, and that the monitoring and documentation associated is configured and made available.

Table 1. Validate Deployment Value Stream Stage

Entrance Criteria:

  • Deployed new or updated Product Instance

Exit Criteria:

  • It is validated that the Actual Product Instance is running

Value Item:

  • Ensure that the deployment went OK

Activities:

  • Shall inspect/discover the deployed CIs registered in the Actual Product Instance Model

  • Shall validate that the discovered Actual Product Instance model is compatible with the Desired Product model

  • Shall validate that all the components of the Product Instance are running, and that the Service Monitor and Log systems are working for the Product Instance

  • Shall validate that the Service Level monitoring for the Product Instance is registered, and Monitoring is working

  • Shall validate that the known errors/Defects are registered in the known error system

Examples of Participating Stakeholders:

  • External Stakeholder

  • Operations Manager

  • Product Manager

  • Release & Deployment Manager

  • Support Specialist

Participating Data Objects (Component):