A Release Manager in IT is a person responsible for managing the complete software delivery life cycle. They have to work with the team from the planning phase to the deployment phase through the development and testing phases.
The manager of the release management team receives reports from the release manager. The DevOps Release Manager is in charge of planning, organizing, and controlling the software development and delivery process.
As a release manager, you will oversee the DevOps team and oversee both IT operations and developers to ensure that the services are delivered on time.
You will be in charge of the Release Management lifecycle, which includes planning the release, working with other teams, and deploying the release on time and on budget.
Working together with the application development team, testing team, and production team, you will be responsible for releasing the software when the testing stage and deployment stage are complete. To update the project-related information, you will need to keep these teams properly coordinated.
To control the income for the release, you must determine the strategic use of release management tools.
Planning, testing, tracking, release, deployment, communication, and risk management will all be on your mind.
Agreeableness and tough-mindedness, and lower conscientiousness, emotional stability, extraversion, assertiveness, customer service orientation, optimism, and work drive
Experience in project management
Understanding of Continuous Delivery and Integration (CD/CI) pipelines
Working knowledge of the DevOps and Agile approaches
Understanding of the software development lifecycle
Computer programming proficiency Team leadership abilities
Using solutions for application release automation like ElectricFlow, Puppet Enterprise, Buildmaster, and Visual Studio Release Management with experience.
Having familiarity with classic agile approaches like Scrum, Waterfall, or Kanban
Good knowledge of operating system, system architecture, and application infrastructure
Excellent communication skills
Leadership skills
Project management skills with knowledge of presentation
Problem-solving and analytics skills
Team and time management skills
To generate a set of Release components for a live environment, Release Management plans, designs, builds, configures, and tests hardware and software. Activities also include the scheduling, planning, and preparation for a Release to numerous Customers and locations.
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Projected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations.
MIT Manipal – Manipal Institute of Technology.
COEP Pune – College of Engineering.
VIT Vellore – Vellore Institute of Technology.
SRM University Chennai – SRM Institute of Science and Technology.
DSCE Bangalore – Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering
Some platforms like Coursera etc provides online courses in this field.