05.4.5 · Skill in Release readiness

Operational readiness

Checking capacity, monitoring and fallbacks before launch.

Operational readiness reviews capacity, alerts, runbooks, rollback plans and dependencies before a significant launch. A short checklist prevents most launch-day surprises. Bigger launches deserve a more formal review.

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Resources

docsStart here
Launch coordination checklist ↗
Google SRE · 3 min
The questions to answer before a significant launch, each one earned by a past failure.
bookGo deeper
Reliable product launches at scale (Site Reliability Engineering, chapter 27) ↗
Google SRE · 30 min
How Google coordinates launches, from capacity planning to gradual rollouts and checklists.

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