Which of the following should be included in a deployment plan?

Question

Options

• ABusiness continuity and disaster recovery plans.
• BCurrent logging details and data source inventory.
• CCurrent and future topology diagrams of the IT environment.
• DA comprehensive list of stakeholders, either direct or indirect.

Explanation

C is correct because a deployment plan must document both the current and future topology of the IT environment so teams understand what exists today and what the infrastructure will look like after the deployment - this is essential for execution, validation, and rollback planning.

A is wrong because business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) plans are separate, standalone documents that address long-term resilience and crisis response, not the step-by-step mechanics of deploying a system.

B is wrong because current logging details and data source inventories belong to operational documentation or an IT asset/audit inventory - they describe a running system's state, not the plan to deploy changes to it.

D is wrong because while stakeholder lists are important project management artifacts (found in a project charter or communication plan), they are not a core component of a deployment plan itself.

Memory tip: Think of a deployment plan as a before-and-after blueprint - you need to show where you're starting (current topology) and where you're going (future topology). If an option sounds like it belongs in a separate document type (BCDR plan, stakeholder register, asset inventory), it's a distractor.

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