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Workflow overview
Reference · liveworkflow:release-readiness-checklist
Release Readiness Checklist overview
Executes a structured go/no-go checklist before every production release — verifying feature-flag states, confirming test-suite green status, validating migration scripts, checking rollback plan existence, reviewing on-call coverage, auditing changelog completeness, confirming monitoring dashboards are updated, and collecting sign-offs from QA, security, and product owners. Produces a signed release-readiness certificate. Excludes the deployment itself.
Attributes
displayName
Release Readiness Checklist
workflowKind
governance
triggerType
event-driven
typicalCadence
per-release
complexity
cross-team
description
Executes a structured go/no-go checklist before every production release —
verifying feature-flag states, confirming test-suite green status,
validating migration scripts, checking rollback plan existence, reviewing
on-call coverage, auditing changelog completeness, confirming monitoring
dashboards are updated, and collecting sign-offs from QA, security, and
product owners. Produces a signed release-readiness certificate. Excludes
the deployment itself.
Outgoing edges
applies_to_domain2
- domain:devops·DomainDevOps
- domain:software-engineering·DomainSoftware Engineering
involves_role3
- role:release-manager-bot·RoleRelease Manager (Bot)
- role:qa-lead·RoleQA Lead
- role:engineering-manager·RoleEngineering Manager
performed_by_org_unit2
- org-unit:release-engineering·OrgUnitRelease Engineering
- org-unit:quality-engineering·OrgUnitQuality Engineering
requires_skill_area1
- skill-area:gitops·SkillAreaGitOps Skill Area
triggers_responsibility2
- responsibility:release-coordination·Responsibility
- responsibility:approve-deploys·ResponsibilityApprove production deploys
Incoming edges
None.