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Overlapping and competing initiatives can adversely affect projects in a delivery organization. Learn how Innovapost, a joint venture between Canada Post and CGI Group, created a Managed Release (MR) program to handle multiple overlapping projects, including those touching the same code or sharing test environments and resources. See how they were able to convert processes focused on individual project releases into a highly orchestrated process that coordinates and channels application management, development, and technical upgrades into a four-release-a-year model. Review the difficult lessons learned and the cultural changes essential for the program’s success. Walk through the MR program’s stages - pre-release, “the event,” and post release - and obtain tips for each stage. See why it is necessary to have a formal “Out of Phase” process to handle changes and initiatives that cannot wait for the next MR cycle.

Click the following link to read the entire Managed Release Case Study in .PDF (English).