Learn why "code complete" and "passed UAT" are not the same as ready to run in production, and what actually closes the gap — monitoring, alerting, runbooks and rollback plans. Build and apply a production-readiness review checklist you run before every significant release so a minor incident never becomes a multi-hour outage.
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Why "code complete" is not "production ready" — free to watch, no account needed.
What you'll learn
- Explain the gap between "code complete" or "passed UAT" and genuine production readiness
- Describe the operational pillars of readiness — monitoring, alerting, runbooks and rollback
- Run a production-readiness review against a service before a significant release
- Diagnose why an unmonitored service turns a minor issue into a multi-hour outage
- Produce a one-page Production Readiness Review Checklist for your team
Syllabus
The Readiness Gap
Why "code complete" is not "production ready"Free preview
The operational pillars — monitoring, alerting, runbooks, rollback
The Production-Readiness Review
What a production-readiness review is and when to run it
Inside the checklist — the dimensions of readiness
Readiness in Real IT Work
Instrumenting a service so it can be operated
Case study — the service that went live blind
Making Readiness Stick
Building your Production Readiness Review Checklist
Common traps and anti-patterns in production readiness