Question 870
A service delivery discussion covering student and staff IT services at a regional university identifies this gap: A product team cannot agree when a new set of features is made available for use. Which action BEST addresses the identified gap according to ITIL 4 Foundation concepts?
Explanation
Correct Answer
For student and staff IT services at a regional university, use release management to make new and changed services or features available for use. In this scenario, release management purpose matters because A product team cannot agree when a new set of features is made available for use. A suitable way to check the response is: Users and stakeholders know which released capabilities are available.
Incorrect Answers
“Distinguish deployment of components from release of usable features” relates to release versus deployment, not the requirement described here. The required response or evidence is: Use release management to make new and changed services or features available for use. Here, the relevant condition is “A service delivery discussion covering student and staff IT services at a regional university identifies this gap: A product team cannot agree when a new set of features is made…”.
“Use deployment management for component movement and change enablement for risk-based authorization” relates to deployment versus change authorization, not the requirement described here. The required response or evidence is: Use release management to make new and changed services or features available for use. Here, the relevant condition is “A service delivery discussion covering student and staff IT services at a regional university identifies this gap: A product team cannot agree when a new set of features is made…”.
“Use service configuration management to make reliable information about configuration items and their relationships available” relates to service configuration management purpose, not the requirement described here. The required response or evidence is: Use release management to make new and changed services or features available for use.