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Release Preparation Pipeline

End-to-end release management from feature freeze through deployment and post-release monitoring. Every task a real release manager runs.

Issues created:: 46
Structure:: 1 epic · 5 tasks · 40 subtasks
Roles:: release_lead, eng_manager, devops, product_manager, qa_team, security, dev_team, docs_team, marketing, sre_team, support

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[#epic] Release v3.2.0 — Sprint Delivery !High
  [#task] Pre-Release Planning !High @release_lead [Due + 0d]
    [#subtask] Define release scope and feature list @release_lead !High [Due + 0d]
    [#subtask] Review feature completion status @eng_manager !High [Due + 0d]
    [#subtask] Identify release blockers @release_lead !Highest [Due + 1d]
    [#subtask] Create release branch from main @devops !High [Due + 2d]
    [#subtask] Announce feature freeze in #engineering @release_lead !Medium [Due + 2d]
    [#subtask] Update release notes draft @product_manager !Medium [Due + 2d]
  [#task] QA & Testing !Highest @qa_team [Due + 4d]
    [#subtask] Deploy release branch to QA environment @devops !High [Due + 4d]
    [#subtask] Execute full regression test suite @qa_team !Highest [Due + 5d]
    [#subtask] Run integration tests @qa_team !High [Due + 6d]
    [#subtask] Perform security scan (OWASP) @security !Highest [Due + 6d]
    [#subtask] Execute performance benchmarks @qa_team !High [Due + 7d]
    [#subtask] UAT sign-off with stakeholders @product_manager !High [Due + 8d]
    [#subtask] Triage and fix critical bugs @dev_team !Highest [Due + 9d]
    [#subtask] Verify all bug fixes pass regression @qa_team !High [Due + 10d]
  [#task] Release Readiness !High @release_lead [Due + 11d]
    [#subtask] Finalize release notes @product_manager !Medium [Due + 11d]
    [#subtask] Update technical documentation @docs_team !Medium [Due + 11d]
    [#subtask] Prepare customer communications @marketing !Medium [Due + 11d]
    [#subtask] Create deployment runbook @devops !High [Due + 12d]
    [#subtask] Verify rollback procedure on staging @devops !High [Due + 12d]
    [#subtask] Conduct release readiness review @release_lead !High [Due + 12d]
    [#subtask] Obtain go/no-go decision @eng_manager !Highest [Due + 13d]
    [#subtask] Schedule deployment maintenance window @devops !Medium [Due + 13d]
  [#task] Production Deployment !Highest @release_lead [Due + 14d]
    [#subtask] Send deployment notification to #ops_alerts @release_lead !High [Due + 14d]
    [#subtask] Create database backup snapshot @devops !Highest [Due + 14d]
    [#subtask] Execute database migrations @devops !Highest [Due + 14d]
    [#subtask] Deploy services to production @devops !Highest [Due + 14d]
    [#subtask] Run production smoke tests @qa_team !Highest [Due + 14d]
    [#subtask] Verify critical user flows (login, checkout, API) @qa_team !Highest [Due + 14d]
    [#subtask] Enable feature flags for v3.2.0 @devops !High [Due + 14d]
    [#subtask] Announce deployment complete in #engineering @release_lead !Medium [Due + 14d]
  [#task] Post-Release Monitoring !High @release_lead [Due + 15d]
    [#subtask] Monitor error rates (4h window) @sre_team !Highest [Due + 15d]
    [#subtask] Monitor performance metrics vs baseline @sre_team !High [Due + 15d]
    [#subtask] Review customer feedback channels @support !High [Due + 16d]
    [#subtask] Triage post-release issues @release_lead !High [Due + 16d]
    [#subtask] Deploy hotfixes if needed @devops !Highest [Due + 17d]
    [#subtask] Publish release announcement to customers @marketing !Medium [Due + 17d]
    [#subtask] Update internal stakeholders @release_lead !Medium [Due + 17d]
    [#subtask] Conduct release retrospective @release_lead !Medium [Due + 21d]
    [#subtask] Archive release artifacts and tag v3.2.0 @devops !Low [Due + 21d]
    [#subtask] Plan next release scope @product_manager !Medium [Due + 21d]

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