During a change-control meeting at a midsize organization, the network team schedules firmware upgrades for its core switches. The engineers announce that the work will occur between 02:00 and 06:00 on Sunday, a period selected to avoid user impact. According to change-management terminology, how should this four-hour period be classified?
In change-management practice, a maintenance window is a predefined block of time reserved for applying updates, patches, or configuration changes that might disrupt normal operations. By planning the work during low-usage hours and informing stakeholders in advance, the organization minimizes downtime and user frustration. Risk assessment, contingency strategy, and standard operating procedure are broader processes or documents, not the specific scheduled period for the work.
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