System deployment

{{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, electrical system, computer program, etc., is part of the 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 | 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 * Development * Innovation * Product life-cycle theory * Software deployment

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Category:Systems engineering

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