Phase 9 - Deployment¶
Purpose¶
Deploy the release into the target environment.
Entry criteria¶
- A release is ready for deployment
Required inputs¶
- Release artifact
- Deployment plan
- Rollback or recovery expectations
Activities¶
- Deploy the release
- Confirm environment readiness
- Perform the planned health checks
Engineering responsibilities¶
- Ensure deployment follows the approved release/deployment gate
AI-agent responsibilities¶
- Assist with deployment checks and status reporting
- Do not bypass deployment approval
Required artifacts¶
- Deployment record
- Health check result
- Rollback evidence if needed
Validation¶
- The deployment is healthy enough to proceed
Exit criteria¶
- Deployment is accepted into operations
Approval or gate¶
- Deployment gate
Handoff¶
- Move to Phase 10 - Operations