# DevOps and release governance

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GTMI designs and implements CI/CD pipelines, engineering checks, artifact handling, deployment procedures, and support handover for manufacturing software.

For engineering, IT, and quality teams planning delivery controls for an industrial application or platform.

## Engineer the path to an approved deployment

GTMI can define or implement the release process for a manufacturing application, from repository controls through deployment and support. A work package can cover the pipeline, the records it produces, the approval points around it, and the runbooks used by site teams. Controls are scoped to the system’s risk and operating model, including the additional evidence required by the client for validated delivery.

## Configure the engineering controls

Implementation can include review rules, merge gates, static analysis, test execution, artifact publication, versioned release records, and environment-specific deployment steps. The controls can use GitLab CI, SonarQube, Azure DevOps, JFrog or Kubernetes where they fit the environment. Each check has a defined result and owner, so the team knows which failures block a release and who reviews an exception.

## Prepare the deployment and handover

Release engineering also covers configuration ownership, environment readiness, sequencing, rollback planning, monitoring expectations, and support contacts. GTMI prepares the deployment procedure and checks it with the people who will operate it. We link evidence and artifacts to the release record so support and change teams can identify what was deployed. The agreed runbook includes site communication and approval requirements. Together with the release record, it helps the authorised owners decide whether prerequisites are met, what remains open and how the previous version would be restored if rollback is required.

## Automation supports the release decision

The client retains change-control and production release authority. Engineering, IT, quality, and site owners approve the controls relevant to their functions and decide whether a release is acceptable. GTMI implements the agreed pipeline and procedures and provides the associated records. Automated checks inform approval; their successful execution does not replace the client’s assessment of the release or its readiness for production.

## Scope the release engineering work

Describe the release you are preparing and the steps that depend on manual work or unclear decisions. We can review the release process or implement pipeline controls and deployment procedures. Repository access and release records can follow once the work is scoped.

## Release engineering deliverables

- Repository rules and implemented CI/CD controls
- Versioned artifacts and linked release evidence
- Deployment and rollback runbooks
- Environment responsibilities and support handover

## Release design and controls implementation

Agree the release process and its responsibilities, then decide which pipeline controls and procedures GTMI will implement.

### Release-path design

A review and specification of the controls, evidence, and responsibilities needed for an application’s release process.

### Controls implementation

Configure the agreed checks and pipeline, prepare the runbooks, and hand over their operation to your team.

Pipeline checks produce evidence for a release. Production approval remains with the client’s authorised owners.

## Starting material

The current delivery setup, a release record or planned change, and target environments.

## Platforms

Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, SonarQube