Project lifecycle
Rollout
When all of the test scripts have been run through successfully, the website is ready for rollout. We usually roll out to a staging server on which the client can test the site. When the client is happy that the site is free of defects, it is rolled out to the production server.
It is very important to follow a structured procedure for rolling out a website, especially when making updates to the site (i.e. any future rollouts after the initial one). A good rollout process should not affect the uptime of the site (at least, as little as possible) and should make it very easy to roll back to a previous version in case of an emergency.