2013-04-01 Release

Summary

Only a couple of things in this release:

  • START R68 pager UI
  • START R76 head column renamed to "Team Lead" in org table
  • D458 - provided itil access to incident template fields previously unavailable

Progression

Status

Activity

Description

Duration

(tick)

Submit change request

Open a build/test change request in https://yale.service-now.com/, assign to INF SN App Support

minutes

(n/a)

Schedule code review (Mon 1pm)

this should happen after initial handover and before release

minutes

(tick)

Build phase work

Begin work in dev

days

(tick)

Unit tests

Ensure all pushed to tst & unit tested

hours

(tick)

Initial code freeze

Hand over initial requirements list for functional & QA validation in tst

minutes

(tick)

Conduct code review

Shouldn't take long, just basic validation of approach and docs

hours

(tick)

Defect fixes

Iterative follow-up work in dev, test for defect resolution

days

(tick)

Finalize release

Identify changes & updates that are going/not going. Push to (tst).

hours

(tick)

Final code freeze

Hand over final requirements list for functional & QA validation, w/ regression, in (tst)

minutes

(tick)

Go/no-go

Decide to push to production.

minutes

(tick)

Production deployment

Push to prd.

hours

(tick)

Production rollback

If applicable; follow ServiceNow Rollback Procedure.

hours

(n/a)

Clone

clone from prd to: pre, trn, and tst for after release

hours

(error)

Notify stakeholders

send out email w/ summary status & link to release documentation, close out RFC and cancel clone requests, if rollback or no-go.

minutes

(tick)

Target/Actuals

Deliver target/actuals using estimator spreadsheet or equivalent

hours

Change Control

CHG0005772

Release Notes

https://yale.service-now.com/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0000066

Documentation

Detail is provided in the description. Full implementation detail is captured in the update set, which can be viewed (with admin rights) by drilling down into the links.

Requirements/Defects
Approved Updates

Update Set (Original Names)

Description

2013/03/27 - 2

START Requirement 76 - Modify label for "Head" in Organization table.

2013/03/20 - 1

FRU0013929 - START Requirement 68: New catalog item Pager: Delete existing

2013/03/19 - 1

Defect 458 - Incident: Service now is missing the following fields when trying to make or edit templates: Change Request, Problem, Parent Incident. Also when editing an existing Template that has these fields they show, but they are grayed out and locked and you cannot change them.

Manual Updates