In order to emulate a release strategy similar to purchase orders you can use the status

profile in sales documents (BS02). IMG-Sales and distribution-Sales-Sales documents-

Define and assign status profile. Here we also restrict the Authorization also
For Example: Whenever a user status is set or deleted, the user's authorization to do so
is checked. The status profile, the object type and the authorization key for the user status
concerned are checked.
If, for example, you want to ensure that certain user statuses can be changed only by
people in a particular group, you assign all those user statuses an authorization key.

Then use authorization object B_USERSTAT to give authorizations for those

authorization keys. Mostly this will done by BASIS consultant.
Define status profile
Define status profile and Text and Language and click continue button
Double click on Status profile:
Here you have to enter the user status depends upon your requirement and also
authorization code also
After entries click on Object type Button or shift+f4

Here the above screen select the object types u required i.e sales order header and sales
order items (depends)., then click on user status button
Double click on status “10” i.e INBA

Here click on New entries button or F5

Here I made the create delivery business transaction to Forbidden

Back….
Double click on next status 20 REBA,, here u made the create delivery “allowed”
And save the status profile.
In sales document controls assign the “status profile” which was customized in IMG.
Allocate the Status profile in Item category if needs…
Run the Standard Cycle start with sales order Va01
In sale order header , click status tab there you can user status: INBA
Here click on the object status button
If u chick on business processes tab here u can see deliver is not allowed (red light)
This we can see in Item view in status tab: also.
Save the sales order.
With reference to sales order create the deliver document., when u try to create the
deliver document ,we will get the error
Now go back change mode of sales order Va02 go to header data click on the status tab
And click on the object status button, here change the status INBA to REBA
Here REBA ..Delivery and PGI is allowed

And the save the sales order after change the status in item data view also.
Then create the Delivery document with reference to sales order
Now u can create the delivery and PGI