Application Deployed Milestone

Definition

Application deployed is the second delivery phase milestone by which time the application should have been deployed to the production environment.

Objectives

The typical objectives of this milestone are to:

• Mark the successful deployment of the application to the production environment.

Tasks Accomplished

The following tasks are typically accomplished by the development organization prior to this milestone:

• Deployment tasks:
  • Application Delivery
  • Application Installation
  • Application Tuning
  • Database Loading
  • Database Tuning
  • Data Component Delivery
  • Data Component Installation
  • Deployment Planning
  • Documentation Delivery
  • Hardware Component Configuration
  • Hardware Component Delivery
  • Hardware Component Installation
  • Software Component Configuration
  • Software Component Delivery
  • Software Component Installation

Work Products Delivered

The following work products are typically delivered to the customer organization at or before this milestone:

• Deployment Set:
  • Installation Guide
  • Release Notes
• User Support Set:
  • Job Aids
  • User Manual
  • User Support Reference Materials

Guidelines

• Only use this milestone in conjuntion with the delivery phase of a project.