Confirm source authority
Identify the canonical repository, branch protections, release tags, dependency lockfiles and rights to custom code. Separate licensed third-party components from business-owned work and record renewal or replacement obligations.
Map every environment
Document production, staging and development runtime ownership, domains, storage, databases, background jobs and provider integrations. Credentials belong in protected vaults, not source archives or handover documents.
Prove build and deployment
A new authorised operator should be able to build the exact source, identify the artifact, apply gated migrations and verify the release. Preserve an explicit rollback path and the evidence needed to recognise the prior healthy state.
Preserve data portability
Document schemas, exports, retention, backups and restoration. Confirm that customer and financial truth can be recovered without relying on one developer’s local machine or undocumented account.
Close with operating responsibility
List monitoring, support, renewal, security and provider ownership after handover. Record known dependencies, open risks and the decisions that require owner approval so responsibility does not disappear at launch.
Apply this to a real system.
Bring the context and we will identify the useful first decision.
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