Release

Release is the transition of an increment of potentially shippable product from the development team into routine use by customers. Releases typically happen when one or more sprints has resulted in the product having enough value to outweigh the cost to deploy it.

Definitions

According to the Agile Extension to the BABOK Guide (preview),

Release. The transition of an increment of potentially shippable product from the development team into routine use by customers. Releases typically happen when one or more sprints has resulted in the product having enough value to outweigh the cost to deploy it.

According to the ITIL Foundation 4e by Axelos,

Release. A version of a service or other configuration item, or a collection of configuration items, that is made available for use.

Management practice

Main wikipage: Release management practice