Creating and Managing Releases

In Agility, managing releases is the process of defining, planning, and overseeing the delivery of product increments from inception to final deployment. Agility uses the release planning option to clearly map out the future, establish key milestones, and tracking all associated work items against those deadlines.

Creating a Release

Within a value stream, users can define releases, assign work items, and manage progress by following the steps outlined in this procedure.

1. Select the desired Value Stream.
2. Click Add Release.
3. Enter the following:
   • Title of the Release
   • Date

note

Value stream will be pre-populated

4. Click Save.
5. The Release Planning drawer loads more fields, enter the details.
   • Goal
   • Version
   • Tags
   • Description
6. Click Save.
7. Click Attachments tab to include images or files associated with the Release.
8. Click Comments to include comments about the release.

The new release appears in the Release Planning board.

Assigning Work Items to a Release

Work items such as stories or defects can be associated with a release through selection or drag-and-drop option.

1. Select a Value Stream and open the Release Planning board.
2. Choose a Planning Level and Project from the filters.
3. From the Backlog panel, drag a work item to the desired release column.

The work item is displayed under the selected Release with all the associated assets.