Deployment management practice

Deployment management practice (hereinafter, the Practice) is the practice to move new or changed hardware, software, documentation, processes, or any other service component to live environments. The Practice relates to deployment and service management. This Practice is a part of the ITIL practices.

Definitions

According to the ITIL Foundation 4e by Axelos,

Deployment management practice. The practice of moving new or changed hardware, software, documentation, processes, or any other service component to live environments.

Purpose

The purpose of the deployment management practice is to move new or changed hardware, software, documentation, processes, or any other component to live environments. It may also be involved in deploying components to other environments for testing or staging.