Figure 1

Release history showing release in progress

1. As a refresher, let’s take a look at the “Dev” stage workflow once again. No need to navigate
there in the application, just refer to the screenshot below.

Figure 2
“Dev” stage workflow configuration

2. As you can see, the acceptance, deployment, and validation steps are all automated while we
are awaiting explicit approval before moving on to the “QA” stage. Specifically, the release is
waiting for Brian Keller to provide approval. Although not configured in this virtual machine,
Brian would receive an email alerting him about the pending approval.
Task 4: Release Workflow and Approval Process
1. Select the My Approval Requests link to view pending approvals.

Figure 3
Location of My Approval Requests

2. Double-click on the pending approval.

Figure 4
Loading pending approval details

3. Select the View Sequence link.

Figure 5
Location of View Sequence link

4. We can look at the deployment sequence and see all of the specific parameters that were (or
will be) used for each stage. Note that these ultimately become historical (and read-only) for
each specific release.
5.