# System deployment

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{{Short description|Type of deployment of a mechanical device, electrical system, or computer program}}
{{One source|date=April 2007}}

The '''deployment''' of a [mechanical device](/source/mechanical_device), electrical [system](/source/system), [computer program](/source/computer_program), etc., is part of the [systems development life cycle](/source/systems_development_life_cycle) (SDLC)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-03 |title=System Deployment Tips and Techniques |url=https://ambysoft.com/essays/deploymenttips.html |access-date=2026-05-29 |language=en-US}}</ref> and is the assembly or transformation from a packaged form to an operationally working state.<ref>{{cite book
  | last = Hill
  | first = Charles
  | title = International Business Competing in the Global Marketplace 6th ed.
  | url = https://archive.org/details/internationalbus00char_0
  | url-access = registration
  | publisher = [McGraw-Hill](/source/McGraw-Hill)
  | year = 2007
  | pages = [https://archive.org/details/internationalbus00char_0/page/168 168]
  | doi =
  | isbn = 978-0-07-310255-9 }}</ref>

Deployment implies moving a product from a temporary or development state to a permanent or desired state.

== See also ==
* [IT infrastructure deployment](/source/IT_infrastructure_deployment)
* [Development](/source/product_development)
* [Innovation](/source/Innovation)
* [Product life-cycle theory](/source/Product_life-cycle_theory)
* [Software deployment](/source/Software_deployment)

==References==
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Category:Systems engineering

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