Deployment

Deployment is the process or process result of putting something or someone into use. In enterprises, deployment is introduction of a new activity, operation, policy, procedure, program, system, or another resource to an enterprise.

A deployment plan is a schedule of some deployment. A deployment model is a way of deploying. A deployment level is a level of one's deployment.

Definitions

According to Juran's Quality Handbook by Defeo (7th edition),

Deployment. In the context of strategy, the means of subdividing the goals and allocating the subgoals to lower levels.

According to the ITIL Foundation 4e by Axelos,

Deployment. The movement of any service component into any environment.

Applications

Quality

Quality function deployment (QFD), horizontal deployment, vertical deployment

Software

Some software such as docker is designed to automate the deployment.

Strategy

Strategic deployment process, Hoshin planning