• Bill of Materials
• Deployment Plan
• Deployment Unit
• Change Request
• Product
• Release Notes
• Test Environment Configuration

A person playing the Deployment Manager role requires the following skills:

• Experience in deploying systems.
• Communication/Coordination in order to stay current with the status of the product development and communicate the needs of the deployment tasks to the rest of the organization.
• Planning Ability in order to ensure that deployment can be performed on schedule and with the available resources.
• Goal-orientation and Pro-activity in order to plan and drive the product to completion across the various teams. The Deployment Manager role has to focus on getting a quality product out the door.

Here are some examples of different ways this role can be assigned:

• To be effective, the Deployment Manager and the Project Manager roles must work closely together. As such,  these roles are often realized by a single person.