Why No Discussion on Release Management?

I have noticed less and less talk about Release Management and Deployment Management over the years.

I think part of the reason is it gets lumped into CI/CD. But, even CI/CD follows a Deployment process.

Both, Release and Deployment, are important to get right.

ITIL4 separates them into separate practices while the previous ITIL versions had them together.

Release Management is now a Service Management practice while Deployment Management is a Technical Management practice. The reason for separating them is the same reason why Deployment is in Technical Management, so much (e.g., CI/CD) is enabled via technology.

The reason we need to discuss these two more is two-fold:
1) Their success or failure impacts other practices/processes
2) Both, but especially Release, are performed with feedback from stakeholders and valuable for value co-creation.

Release integrates with Change, CMDB/Configuration, Knowledge, and much more.

Let me know if your organization needs to improve in Release Management or Deployment Management.