Use this template to create your Design and Production Readiness Review Document by doing a simple copy and paste. For detailed tips on what to include in each section, please refer to the Design & Production Readiness Review Guidelines here
- Initial table (i.e. Initiative Name, Team Name, Assignee, Reviewers, Stakeholders, and Target implementation date)
- Overview
- and sections under "Design Review" (i.e. Design, Risk Management, Timeline, Security + Cost Analysis)
... and for the Production Readiness Review, ALL sections must be complete (i.e. the sections above + Monitoring & SLAs, Failure Modes, Testing, Alerts, and Data/Analytics/Metrics).
- Basic Info
- Overview
- Design Review
o Design o Risk Management o Timeline o Security Review + Cost Analysis - Production Readiness Review o Monitoring & SLAs o Failure Modes o Testing o Alerts o Data/Analytics/Metrics
| Basic Info | |
|---|---|
| Initiative Name | (Enter the name of the new system, feature, or process being designed) |
| Team Name | (Enter your team's name and function) |
| Assignee | (Enter the name of the presenter) |
| Reviewers | Enter the names of the senior managers who need to sign-off on the design) |
| Stakeholders | (Enter the names of the people who represent the team(s) that may be impacted by this design or interested in it) |
| Target Implementation Date | (Enter the date this new system, feature, or process is expected to go live) |
Provide a summary of the feature, system, or process and the rationale for the work, including how it aligns with the businesses current business initiatives.
Give a deeper dive and detailed look at the proposed design that contains (if and where appropriate): a system diagram or architecture, technical details (e.g. configurations, models, interactions, etc. Highlight any new Tech/features being leveraged in this design.
Provide A list and explanation of the benefits, assumptions, tradeoffs, dependencies, and/or risks of your design
Provide a timeline of development, including dates of key milestones and target implementation date
| Security Review Ticket ID | Cost Analysis Ticket ID |
|---|---|
| Enter Security ID Ticket Here | Enter Cost Analysis Ticket ID here |
| Enter Security Review Submission Date – when you submitted your security review |
**Required sections for a Design Review end here
(Provide a list of load and/or performance requirements to define correct functioning of the feature, system, or design)
(Provide a list and explanation of all the different ways the proposed feature, system, or process could fail in production and what respective mitigating actions would be taken, also is there any new Azure Tech/features being used and any mitigations in respect of those)
(Provide a list and description of tests that the feature, system, or process will undergo or has undergone for quality assurance)
(Provide a list of the alerts needed to maintain the proposed feature, system, or design in production)
(Provide a description of the metrics, analytics, and/or other reporting around the proposed feature, system, or design)
Credit: Avianne Tan