Improving the Deployment Toolkit

A place to gather all ideas about creating a process to perpetually improve the deployment toolkit.

NOTE: The contents of this page are not set in stone, and are subject to change! This page is a draft in active flux ... Please leave suggestions on the talk page.

Ideas

• Idea 1
• Idea 2
• Idea 3

Deliverables

1. Release New Deployment Guide Process (Google Doc) - for creating a new release of the Deployment Guide
   1. Refined through delivery of 2,3, & 4 below
   2. How to create a new release of the Deployment Guide Google Doc from the Deployment Wiki
   3. How to cleanse and restructure the Deployment Wiki to aid continued collaboration and maintain consistency with the Deployment Guide
   4. How to update the Deployment Toolkit from the updated Deployment Guide
      1. To maintain consistency
      2. To incorporate any new configurations, technologies or services into the cost model from new developments identified in the Deployment Wiki
2. Improved Deployment Wiki (wiki.laptop.org)
   1. Achieved by following the process in (1) above
   2. Clearer structure
   3. Clearer reference to the official Deployment Guide, Deployment Toolkit and Contacts List
3. Improved Deployment Guide (Google Docs "official release" version)
   1. Achieved by following the process in (1) above
4. Improved Deployment Toolkit (Currently an Excel Spreadsheet; Convert to Google Docs spreadsheet?)
   1. Achieved by following the process in (1) above
5. Prepare Deployment Process (Google Doc) for creating a Deployment Plan for a specific deployment
   1. Guidance document about how to create a customised Deployment Guide that will be appropriate for YOUR deployment.
6. Deployment Tracker (within the Deployment Wiki)
   1. Who is at what phase (team contact details, location, nature of deployment)
   2. What open questions they have
   3. What problems they've solved
   4. A copy of their deployment plan
7. Deployment Process (Google Doc) describing the major steps and activities of a deployment
   1. This process is for use alongside the Deployment Plan created in the Prepare Deployment Process
   2. Major milestones common to all deployments and how to update the Deployment Tracker as each milestone is achieved
8. Contacts list (Google Docs Spreadsheet) - who are the key people
9. Report containing lessons learned, observations & recommendations

Work in Progress

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