Role: Deployment Manager

The deployment manager role plans the product's transition to the user community and documents it in various associated documents.

A deployment manager requires the following skills:

Experience in deploying systems.
Communication/Coordination in order to stay current with the status of the product development and communicate the needs of the deployment activities to the rest of the organization.
Planning Ability in order to ensure that deployment can be performed on schedule and with the available resources.
Goal-orientation and Pro-activity in order to plan and drive the product to completion across the various teams. The Deployment Manager has to focus on getting a quality product out the door. To be effective, the Deployment Manager and the Project Manager must work closely together. Often these roles are realized by a single person.

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