I been working and consulting as release & configuration manager since long time, Answer for the question “what are the responsibilities of release manager” is not that straight and simple. In order to know that have to consider other facts as. On paper it’s an easy to assign role & responsibilities for release manger, however for practicing effective release management, release manger should have proper authorities to accomplish expected KRAs(key resulting area),Each KRA may consist of one or many activities .
Number of responsibilities for release manager varies based on team size ,delivery model(onsite, offshore, onsite-offshore).Generally in small size project ,project manager takes care of the RM role. In mid and large size project RM responsibilities addressed by single and dedicated person or responsibilities would be distributed based on the delivery model.
