ITIL 4 Practitioner:
Release Management
Discover the optimal methods for introducing new and modified services in accordance with your organization’s policies and any established agreements between the organization and its service consumers.

What will you learn?

Key concepts
Grasp the purpose and core concepts of Release Management, highlighting its importance in planning, scheduling, and controlling the build, test, and deployment of releases to achieve desired outcomes.

Practice success factors
Understand practice success factors (PSF) and key metrics, which are crucial for assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of Release Management in delivering timely and successful releases.

Practice processes
Examine Release Management processes, including essential activities, and learn how to integrate them into your organization’s value stream for seamless and coordinated release deployments.

Roles and competencies
Focus on the key roles within Release Management and learn how to effectively position the practice within your organization. Develop the necessary skills to manage and oversee release activities.

Information and technology
Discover how Information and Technology can enhance Release Management by providing tools and systems for effective planning, tracking, and deployment of releases.

Partners and suppliers
Explore the role of partners and suppliers in Release Management and learn how to collaborate effectively to improve release processes and ensure successful delivery.

The ITIL capability model
Understand how capability criteria support the development of the practice, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and organizational requirements for effective Release Management.

Practice success
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20 questions
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ITIL 4 Practitioner: Release Management ® Certification FAQs
Release Management is a practice focused on planning, scheduling, and controlling the movement of releases to test and live environments to ensure successful deployment.
The goal is to ensure that new and updated services are delivered efficiently and effectively, with minimal risk and disruption.
While Change Management focuses on handling changes, Release Management is responsible for the actual deployment and release of those changes into production.
Planning releases, building and testing releases, deployment, and post-release review.
A Release Package is a collection of components, configurations, and documentation that are packaged together for deployment to live environments.
A Release Package is a collection of components, configurations, and documentation that are packaged together for deployment to live environments.
The Release Manager oversees the release process, ensuring that releases are planned, tested, and deployed with minimal risk and maximum success.
Reduced risk of failure, improved service quality, faster time to market for new features, and better alignment with business objectives.
By analyzing release performance and feedback, Release Management helps refine processes and identify opportunities for ongoing improvement.
Release Management tools, version control systems, deployment automation tools, and testing platforms.
ITIL 4 Release Management supports Agile and DevOps by enabling faster, more frequent releases while ensuring quality, consistency, and minimal disruption to production.