ITIL · 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 is the ITIL process responsible for understanding how customers use services and how that usage varies across the Business Lifecycle, particularly through analysis of Patterns of Business Activity (PBA).
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Understanding customer usage of services and how this varies over the Business Lifecycle is part of which process?
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- AService Portfolio Management
- BService Level Management
- CComponent Capacity Management
- DDemand Management
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(29 responses)- A7% (2)
- C3% (1)
- D90% (26)
Why each option
Demand Management is the ITIL process responsible for understanding how customers use services and how that usage varies across the Business Lifecycle, particularly through analysis of Patterns of Business Activity (PBA).
Service Portfolio Management governs which services are offered and their investment lifecycle, not the analysis of how customers use those services over time.
Service Level Management negotiates and monitors service level agreements but does not analyze usage patterns or business lifecycle demand.
Component Capacity Management focuses on the performance and capacity of individual infrastructure components, not on business-level usage patterns.
Demand Management focuses on understanding and influencing customer demand for services by analyzing Patterns of Business Activity (PBA) and User Profiles. It tracks how service consumption changes over time and across business cycles to align capacity with demand. This directly addresses understanding usage variations throughout the Business Lifecycle.
Concept tested: Demand Management and Patterns of Business Activity
Source: https://wiki.en.it-processmaps.com/index.php/Demand_Management
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