V Skill HF-D7.5-005 sector-specific 9 skills

Release management and deployment

Plans and carries out the rollout of new versions, checks operation before and after and ensures a rollback stays possible.

How hrmforce measures this

The candidate performs a representative work sample under standardised conditions.

Level	Behaviour at this level
N1 Guided	Executes the steps of a rollout plan and reports immediately when a step does not give the expected result. works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task
N3 Proficient	Draws up a rollout plan with a fallback option, aligns with stakeholders and verifies after rollout that the service works. sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process
N5 Leading	Sets the organisation's release policy, decides on rollout windows and structurally improves the lead time of changes. sets the standard and the policy · strategic, under high uncertainty · organisation, value chain or profession

N2 and N4 are deliberately not anchored. Raters place them between the anchors, following the O*NET convention.

These skills inherit the assessment route and the behavioural anchors of this construct.

T	Skill	Definition	Demand outlook 2026 to 2030
V	Applying change management Change management	Records changes with risk, impact, test evidence and approval before they go to production.	stable
V	Managing a release calendar Release calendar	Maintains a calendar of planned rollout moments, freeze periods and dependencies between teams.	stable
V	Deploying to production Production deployment	Carries out a rollout following the runbook, checks operation immediately and records the result.	stable
V	Preparing a rollback plan Rollback plan	Describes in advance how a rollout is reverted, who decides that and until which moment it is possible.	stable
V	Setting up a phased rollout Phased rollout · Canary release	Rolls a change out to a small group first, measures the effects and then expands step by step.	rising
V	Using an acceptance environment Staging environment	Tests a release in an environment resembling production and has the business sign off there for release.	stable
V	Automating deployment Deployment automation · CD	Automates the rollout steps in a pipeline so a release is reproducible without manual actions.	rising
V	Communicating a maintenance window Maintenance window	Announces maintenance in good time with timing, consequences for users and when everything works again.	stable
V	Maintaining configuration management Configuration management · CMDB	Tracks which systems, versions and connections are in use and updates that record with every change.	stable