Releasebegivenhed

Releasebegivenhed is a term used in Danish IT and project management to denote a scheduled event surrounding the release of a product, most commonly software. It refers to the formal moment when a new version becomes available to users, often accompanied by communication, deployment, and validation activities. The term is composed of two parts: release meaning making available and begivenhed meaning event.

Purpose: to coordinate stakeholders, ensure readiness, communicate changes, and support deployment and transition. A releasebegivenhed typically marks a version or service level upgrade and may include release notes, feature summary, known issues, and migration instructions.

Components: date and time, release version, scope of changes, deployment plan and rollback options, testing status (staging, user acceptance testing), media kit or customer communications, and contact points. Depending on organization, it may also include a public announcement, API compatibility notes, deprecation timelines, and service-level expectations.

Process: in release management, a releasebegivenhed follows planning and approval, builds and testing, staging or pre-release validation, final deployment, and post-release monitoring. It often involves cross-functional teams such as product management, development, quality assurance, IT operations, and customer support.

Context and variations: in software delivery, this term is closely related to general availability announcements, hotfix releases, and feature-based increments. While terminology varies by organization, the concept of a structured release event is common to many product and service portfolios.