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Table of contents

• Introduction
  • Overview
  • Save time, save money
• Key Features
• Release Tracking
• Release Planning
• Release Insights
• Dependency Tracking
• Release Pipelines
• Reporting
• QA Integration
• Explore & Try
  • Free Trial
  • Explore our demo environment
• Customization & Support
  • Customizable
  • Great support
  • Well-documented

Overview

Release Tracker is a powerful suite of tools designed to accelerate your organization’s release process, enabling faster, more reliable code delivery with comprehensive insights. With Release Tracker, your team gains a centralized view of release contents, dependencies, and progress, allowing for greater transparency and control across all stages of development.

From release planning and tracking to accountability and reporting, Release Tracker seamlessly integrates with Azure DevOps to provide high-level and granular insights into each release. Empower your team to manage dependencies, monitor milestones, and streamline QA processes—all while maintaining a clear audit trail. Release Tracker is your partner in efficient, insightful, and dependable release management.

Save time, save money

Release Tracker reduces the need for constant coordination calls between developers and management by providing a clear, centralized view of what will be released and when. Acting as a single source of truth, it consolidates milestones, feature statuses, and role assignments, keeping everyone aligned without the back-and-forth. With defined ownership of tasks and releases, team members know exactly who is responsible for each stage, streamlining communication and cutting down on time-consuming follow-ups. This clarity and organization translate into time and cost savings throughout your release cycle.

Core Product

The core module of Release Tracker is the foundation of your release management, offering a robust platform to monitor release progress with clarity and precision. Gain real-time insight into key milestones, track release stewards, and maintain a comprehensive history of each release. With clear accountability and a detailed audit trail, the Core module ensures your team stays on course, learning from past releases to continuously improve.

Release Planner

The Release Planner is designed to optimize release scheduling within sprints, bridging the gap between sprint planning and release management. Directly associate work items with releases and identify items not yet linked, ensuring all necessary tasks are included. By aligning sprint activities with release objectives, Release Planner enhances coordination and planning for timely releases​.

Release Insights

Release Insights equips your team with essential metrics, transforming raw data into actionable insights. Real-time dashboards allow you to monitor deployment frequency, work item distribution, and completion efforts. Tailor these dashboards to meet the unique needs of different stakeholders, from developers to project managers, ensuring that everyone stays informed and aligned with release goals​.

Dependency Tracker

Dependency Tracker visualizes interdependencies across multiple projects, ideal for complex environments where several internal projects intersect. This tool provides a dynamic, tree-like view of dependencies, allowing teams to identify bottlenecks, allocate resources effectively, and maintain synchronized timelines across projects. With real-time updates, it ensures collaborative, efficient project management​.

Release Pipelines

Release Pipelines offers an in-depth view of your release process by associating each pipeline with specific releases. This feature helps track which pipelines are targeting and executing against each release, offering better control, troubleshooting, and performance analysis. Keep your release activities synchronized with project timelines to streamline your deployment process​.

Release Reports

With Release Reports, you can create customized, automated, and on-demand reports to communicate effectively with stakeholders. Use the Report Builder and the Handlebars templating language to craft reports that fit your specific needs. Integrate these reports directly into your build and release pipelines, making insights part of your continuous integration and deployment processes.

QA Integration

QA Tracking in Release Tracker links quality assurance work items directly to your release timeline, providing a seamless view of testing progress. Customize QA work item types to align with your team's specific processes and enjoy real-time visibility into testing milestones. This level of detail allows project managers and QA leads to track testing milestones and optimize quality assurance efforts.

Embark on Your Release Management Journey with Confidence: Free Trial Available

Dive into the world of efficient release management with our exclusive free trial of Release Tracker. We believe Release Tracker can transform your team's process, and that's why we're offering you the opportunity to experience the full suite of features and capabilities firsthand, absolutely free.

• Hands-On Learning: Explore every feature, from tracking dependencies to creating custom reports, with complete access during your trial.

• Data Continuity: All data remains securely within your Azure DevOps organization—even if you decide not to continue. Whenever you choose to purchase Release Tracker, you'll resume exactly where you left off.

• No Obligations: No strings attached. Experience the full potential of Release Tracker, risk-free.

How to Get Started

Sign Up:

Request a free trial by filling out this form. It's a quick and straightforward process, unlocking immediate access to the full spectrum of Release Tracker features.

Guided Support:

Need assistance during your trial? Our dedicated support team is here every step of the way, offering personal guidance to help you make the most of Release Tracker. Whether you have questions about specific features, need clarification on workflows, or require guidance on customization, our team is here to provide personalized assistance tailored to your needs.

Our commitment to your success doesn't end when your trial does. Should you choose to continue with Release Tracker after your trial period, rest assured that the same level of personal email support will persist, ensuring a worry-free transition into the full version of the platform.

Explore Release Tracker in Action: Access Our Demo Environment

Curious to see Release Tracker in action before committing to a trial? We understand the importance of making informed decisions, and that's why we invite you to explore our demo environment—a dynamic space where you can witness the full capabilities of Release Tracker without any obligations.

Our demo environment is your passport to a sneak peek into the capabilities of Release Tracker. Take advantage of this opportunity to explore and evaluate the tool at your own pace, ensuring that it aligns with your team's objectives before committing to a trial.

Interactive Exploration:

Step into an interactive environment designed to showcase Release Tracker's features and functionalities. Engage with the platform just like you would in a live setting, allowing you to explore and understand its capabilities firsthand.

Realistic Simulations:

Our demo environment replicates real-world scenarios, providing a realistic simulation of how Release Tracker integrates into your release management processes. See how it aligns with your team's objectives and enhances your workflow.

How to Access the Demo Environment:

Explore our Welcome Dashboard to discover the full array of features within our demo environment. This central hub provides direct links to key sections such as the Releases overview, the Report Builder, and showcases compelling applications of our custom metrics.

From here, you can navigate through the various facets of our demo environment.

Tailored for Azure DevOps Users: A Seamless Experience

Release Tracker is meticulously crafted for those well-versed in the Azure DevOps ecosystem, delivering a familiar environment for an effortlessly integrated experience. From the outset, our design philosophy mirrors that of Azure DevOps, ensuring a user interface that feels like a natural extension of the tools you already know.

Make it your own

Release Tracker empowers you to customize your experience, aligning with your team's objectives and vocabulary.

• Process Alignment

  Release Tracker adapts to your unique process, ensuring that every feature and functionality resonates with the way your team works. Adapt Release Tracker to the work items that are important to your organization.

  

• Vocabulary Integration

  Speak the language of your team by customizing vocabulary. From statuses to labels, make Release Tracker truly reflect your team's terminology.

Built-in Help Links for Guidance

Navigating the intricacies of release management is a collaborative effort, and Release Tracker is here to support you every step of the way. Embedded within the tool's framework are intuitive and accessible help links, strategically placed to provide instant guidance and insights when you need them most.

Encounter a question or unsure about a feature? Simply click on the built-in help links located contextually throughout the platform. Receive instant assistance directly related to your current task.

Great support

Code Vanguard stands behind its products. We believe in delivering exceptional support to all our customers, regardless of their service tier.

We understand that every user's experience matters, and we are committed to providing responsive and helpful support that ensures your success. Our dedicated support team is always ready to address your queries, assist with technical issues, and provide guidance to maximize your software utilization. We take pride in offering a support experience that makes every customer feel valued and well-cared for, creating a strong foundation for your journey with our tool.

Well-documented

Release Tracker is backed by a comprehensive and user-friendly documentation resource, readily available on our website. We understand the importance of providing our users with clear and accessible guidance to ensure a smooth onboarding and utilization of our services.

Our documentation covers a wide range of topics, from getting started and setting up your account to in-depth tutorials and troubleshooting guides. It's designed to empower our customers to make the most of our software with ease.

We are committed to keeping our documentation up-to-date and ensuring that you have all the information you need at your fingertips, enabling you to leverage Release Tracker to its fullest potential.