Templates
Production Readiness Template
Use production readiness review before launching a new service or making a material production change. Keep the review focused on evidence, not ceremony.
Template
# Production readiness review
## Scope
What is launching or changing?
## Ownership
- Owning team:
- Business owner:
- On-call owner:
- Escalation path:
## Architecture
- Runtime platform:
- Dependencies:
- Data stores:
- Network exposure:
- ADR links:
## Delivery
- Build pipeline:
- Deployment pipeline:
- Rollback path:
- Feature flags:
- Migration plan:
## Observability
- Dashboard:
- Alerts:
- SLO:
- Logs:
- Traces:
## Security
- Identity model:
- Secrets:
- Data classification:
- Vulnerability scan:
- Access review:
## Resilience
- Backup and restore:
- Failure modes:
- Capacity assumptions:
- DR expectations:
## Launch decision
- Approved:
- Blockers:
- Follow-up actions:Review guidance
Block launch on missing rollback, unclear ownership, unsafe access, unverified data recovery, or no way to detect user-impacting failure. Defer cosmetic gaps when the risk is understood and owned.