Application Management
Main Description

Application Management describes the application lifecycle, from requirements, through design, implementation, testing, deployment, operation, and optimization. The following diagram identifies the phases of Application Management.

 Application management diagram

ITIL® defines the several phases in Application Management.  These phases are listed below with the corresponding process that is used to perform that phase. 

Application Management phase Corresponding processes
Requirements Solution Requirements
Design Solution Analysis and Design
Build

Solution Development and Integration

Solution Test

Solution Acceptance

Deploy

Release Management

Deployment Management

Operate Service Execution
Optimize A7 Resilience

Application Management is similar in scope to the Rational Unified Process. The Rational Unified Process maps to these phases as follows:

Application Management phase RUP discipline
Requirements Business modeling, Requirements
Design Analysis and Design
Build Implementation, Testing
Deploy Deployment
Operate n/a
Optimize n/a

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