How is Total Product Readiness Implemented?
Software products that are entered into the Total Product Readiness process are reviewed by a team of representatives from each of the departments who have a stake in the products implementation. Each team representative has a signoff on each product, and no product can be certified for production release without signoff from each team representative. In the next section I will discuss the role of each team representative. But first I will describe how the TPR process works, the role of the product sponsor and the TPR Administrator. Please refer to Figure (1) for a process flow chart of a typical TPR implementation. Product Sponsor The product sponsor is the person introduces the software product into the TPR process, and is ultimately responsible for getting the product TPR certified and implemented into the production environment. The sponsor must be intimately familiar with the product and should be involved with the product throughout its testing and implementation planning. The sp
