ITIL-FOUNDATION · Question #415
Understanding customer usage of services and how this varies over the Business Lifecycle is part of which process?
The correct answer is D. Demand Management. Demand Management focuses on understanding and influencing customer demand for services, including how usage patterns vary across the business lifecycle.
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Understanding customer usage of services and how this varies over the Business Lifecycle is part of which process?
Options
- AService Portfolio Management
- BService Level Management
- CComponent Capacity Management
- DDemand Management
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(46 responses)- A2% (1)
- B2% (1)
- C7% (3)
- D89% (41)
Why each option
Demand Management focuses on understanding and influencing customer demand for services, including how usage patterns vary across the business lifecycle.
Service Portfolio Management governs which services are offered, retired, or developed - it does not focus on analyzing how customers consume services over time.
Service Level Management negotiates and monitors service level agreements and targets, not customer usage patterns across the business lifecycle.
Component Capacity Management focuses on the performance and capacity of individual infrastructure components, not on business-level usage patterns or lifecycle trends.
Demand Management is responsible for understanding Patterns of Business Activity (PBA) and customer usage of services across the business lifecycle. It analyzes how demand fluctuates and works with Capacity Management to ensure supply aligns with demand. This process directly informs capacity planning and service investment decisions.
Concept tested: Demand Management and Patterns of Business Activity
Source: https://wiki.en.it-processmaps.com/index.php/Demand_Management
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