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| <mainDescription><p>
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| This role could also be called "Deployment Coordinator" or "Deployment Facilitator" because the main responsibility of
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| the Deployment Manager is to coordinate and facilitate the delivery of productized software developed within a program
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| either to the Marketing Department for general availability (GA) or to IT Operations for deployment into the production
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| environment.
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| </p>
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| <p>
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| Other responsibilities of the Deployment Manager include:
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| </p>
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| <ul>
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| <li>
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| Manage a support team that performs most of the day-to-day work
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Assist the Program Manager and the development team members in planning each release
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| </li>
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| Ensure that the organization's release controls are documented and well understood by development Teams and Program
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| Support Teams
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| </li>
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| Ensure that the architecture and infrastructure on which the application will be deployed are robust and stable
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| </li>
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| Ensure that a detailed deployment plan has been documented along with a backout plan should anything go wrong
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| during deployment
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| </li>
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| Coordinate with the Marketing Department and the program to ensure that sanctioned communications to all
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| stakeholders have been properly prepared and reviewed
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| </li>
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| Ensure the product has been correctly and completely integrated across the&nbsp;program
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| </li>
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| Validate that the product has been correctly packaged before deployment and ensure that all release controls have
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| been satisfied
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| </li>
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| Work with the Marketing Department or IT Operations to deploy the product successfully
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| </li>
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| Release the pre-planned communications about the product to all stakeholders
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| </li>
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| Conduct a release retrospective with all the development team members that participated in the program to improve the
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| release process and increase program productivity and product quality
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| </li>
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| </ul></mainDescription> |
| <skills><p>
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| The person who plays this role should have the following competencies:
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| <ul>
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| Strong technical leadership abilities
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| </li>
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| Excellent understanding of product release methodologies (including familiarity with ITIL's Release and Deployment
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| Management process)
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| </li>
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| Strong system integration experience
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| </li>
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| Strong experience planning the development and delivery of complex software products
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| </li>
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| Good understanding of product architecture and infrastructure components
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| </li>
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| Good understanding of the marketing function
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| </li>
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| Political acumen
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| </li>
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| </ul></skills> |
| </org.eclipse.epf.uma:RoleDescription> |
