The Bill of Materials uniquely identifies all constituent parts of a product or deployment unit. The Deployment Manager
needs to make sure that the tested and approved version of the software and all product enclosures are ready for
delivery and mass-production.
The shrink-wrapped product will consist of the software on some form of storage media, user documents or manuals,
licensing agreement forms, and the packaging itself.
The Deployment Manager needs to ensure that all of the items for manufacture are in their final, approved state at the
time of delivery to the manufacturer. The approved application and installation software needs to be checked for any
viruses and saved on a storage medium that can be mass-produced; for example, CDs. The user documents or manuals need
to be in their print-ready format. All details relating to the time it takes to prepare all of the items for delivery
are captured in the Deployment Plan.
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