Plan and prepare for deployment

The planning and preparation activities prepare the deployment group for deployment. This is an opportunity to prepare the organization and people for organizational change; see section 5.2. The overall approach to planning the deployment is described in release and deployment planning (see paragraph 4.4.5.1). During the actual deployment stage the detailed implementation plan is developed. This includes assigning individuals to specific activities. For example a specific individual may be assigned to deliver training for a training activity on the deployment plan.

The entry criteria for planning and preparing a target deployment group or environment include:

• Deployment stakeholder s are sufficiently confident in the service release to deploy the release, own their aspects of deployment and they are committed to the deployment (see section 5.2).
• Senior management, customers, the business and service provider teams accept the deployment costs, management, organization and people implications of the release as well as any organization, function and process changes.

An example of the deployment activities that apply to the deployment for a target group is shown in Figure 4.23.

Figure 4.23 Example of a set of deployment activities

Preparing for deployment includes assessing each deployment group’s readiness to receive and implement a release package, identifying gaps that need to be filled and planning the activities required to deploy, transfer or de-commission/ retire services or service asset s. It will also include transferring a service or a service unit as well as move and disposal activities.

Assessment

Although the deployment assessment should be conducted early, it should be revisited periodically. The results of this assessment are fed into detailed implementation planning for the target deployment group.

The readiness assessment for a deployment group identifies:

• Issues and risks in delivering the current services that may affect the deployment. The kinds of risk include:
• Lack of dedicated internal resource s and external supplier resources
• Lack of training, skills and awareness
• Unplanned or late change in requirement s
• Anticipated impact s, e.g. on the organizational structure, environment for the new or changed services, direct customers and user s, partners, suppliers
• Gaps that need to be filled.

The aspects to assess include:

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