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Role Based Path - QA & Release Management

This guide is for QA and Release leaders who want earlier signals for release risk and fewer late-cycle surprises. It focuses on using Delivery and Iterations to detect friction, plus gitStream (if e…

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This guide is for QA and Release leaders who want earlier signals for release risk and fewer late-cycle surprises. It focuses on using Delivery and Iterations to detect friction, plus gitStream (if enabled) to reinforce low-noise PR hygiene.

Time Required: 6–10 minutes to orient, 15–20 minutes to set a release rhythm
Difficulty: Easy

TL;DR

  • Use Metrics → Delivery to spot review and merge friction that stalls release throughput.
  • Use Teams → Iterations to understand last-minute scope churn and unplanned work.
  • Use gitStream (if enabled) to reinforce low-noise PR hygiene and safe change patterns.
  • If your org has configured reliability or incident signals in LinearB, include them in your release narrative.

What you likely care about

  • Are PRs flowing cleanly into release windows?
  • Is late unplanned work increasing release risk?
  • Are PR sizes and review patterns contributing to instability?

Where to spend time in LinearB

Metrics → Delivery
  • Monitor stage-level slowdowns that cause release slip risk.
Teams → Iterations (Current + Completed)
  • Spot scope churn early in Current view.
  • Use completed and Trend patterns to reduce repeated last-minute surprises.
gitStream (if enabled)
  • To adopt low-noise quality/flow guardrails

Metrics to prioritize

  • Cycle Time stage patterns relevant to release flow.
  • Planned vs unplanned and carryover.
  • PR size and review-friction trends where relevant.

Recommended QA/Release operating rhythm

  • Weekly: Review Delivery stage trends for emerging release friction.
  • Per interaion/release: validate PR hygiene, readiness, consistency and scope stability.
  • Monthly: align with EMs on 1 small quality/flow improvement theme.

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