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Ask HN: How does your team manage software releases?

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My co-founder and I have been working for the last few months to create a web application for software teams to plan & manage production deployments, http://releaseboard.com. We’ve built Release[Board] to solve our frustrations surrounding release communication and planning. Does a product like Release[Board] improve your team’s existing process? Are you happy with your current process?

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tsm
I watched the video, and don't understand the value-add here. Our team uses a number of tools, chiefly Pivotal, and we've never had a problem. Everyone knows what they need to do before releasing because they have Pivotal stories, and then when the weekly release comes it's not a big deal—the guy running the deploy sends out a warning email, it gets deployed to staging, there's a few hours of buffer for people to notice any kinks, and then it gets deployed to prod.
pairing
@tsm, thanks for the feedback. The purpose of this Ask:HN is to help us validate if there is a market for our product, and your comments are appreciated.