Review readiness before release
Identify incomplete approvals, missing evidence, suspect traceability, and unresolved findings. Give reviewers a concrete list of what remains open.
Readiness findings · Review gates · Human approvalRelease evidence
A release with a record behind it.
Bring the reviews, tests, and product decisions together before a release. Preserve the exact revisions and evidence that supported the decision.
Field sensor · Release 1.2
Requirements and risk reviews Complete
Current traceability Complete
Verification follow-up Review needed
Controlled documents Complete
Release packageRecords · Evidence · Manifest · Checksums
ZIPThe release record should survive the next revision.
Development keeps moving after a product ships. A frozen baseline preserves the records and relationships used for a specific release, while the team continues working on what comes next.
Freeze an exact baseline
Select a closed set of record and relationship revisions. Keep the release tied to those versions even when the current project changes.
Versioned records · Pinned relationships · Frozen baselinesExport the supporting record
Assemble documents, structured data, evidence, signatures, manifests, and checksums into a frozen package that can be inspected outside the workspace.
PDF · DOCX · XLSX · CSV · Evidence ZIPThe workflow
From open findings to a frozen release
- 01
Assemble
Choose the revisions and relationships that belong in the release.
- 02
Review
Resolve the readiness findings and complete the required technical and quality decisions.
- 03
Preserve
Freeze the baseline and build the release package with its evidence and manifest.
- Exact source revisions
- Revision-bound approvals
- Verification evidence
- Relationship history
- Canonical manifests
- Artifact checksums
A closer look
Can a passing CI build authorize a release?
No. Build results can support verification, but machine credentials cannot approve records, accept risk, or release a product. Human review remains part of the workflow.
Does a release package guarantee an audit outcome?
No. The package organizes the evidence behind a release. Your team remains responsible for its completeness, suitability, validation, and any applicable obligations.
From the field guide
A release-readiness checklist that follows the evidence
Use a practical release checklist to review scope, exact revisions, approvals, traceability, verification, open findings, and exported evidence.
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