| Activities |
Person Responsible |
Engineering Activities
- Update version strings with final version information
- Remove debugging and testing code from the software
- Remove seeded defects from the software
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- Developer
- Developer
- Developer
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Quality Assurance Activities
- Check that all defects on current defect list have been resolved
- Smoke test/regression test final build
- Install program from CD ROM on clean machine
- Install program from diskettes on clean machine
- Install program from Internet web site on clean machine
- Install program from CD ROM/diskettes on machine with older version of program(upgrade install)
- Verify that the correct Windows registry entries have been created by the install program(see attached list)
- Verify uninstall on clean machine
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- Tester
- Tester
- Tester
- Tester
- Tester
- Tester
- Tester
- Tester
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Release Activities
- Freeze final list of files to be distributed
- Synchronize date/time stamp on all release files
- Prepare final program disks (“gold disks”).
- Verify that all files are present on the gold disks
- Virus scan all release media
- Surface scan the master media for bad sectors
- Create a backup of the build environment and place the development environment under change control.
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- Release team
- Release team
- Release team
- Release team
- Release team
- Release team
- Release team
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Documentation Activities
- Verify version of readme.txt on gold disks
- Verify version of help files on gold disks
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- Documentation
- Documentation
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Other Activities
- Verify copyright, license, and other legal materials
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- Product manager, legal advisor
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