Production Readiness as a Product: How to Scale Reliability Frameworks Across Teams in Six Steps

I've been focusing in my role at Walmart on Production Readiness over the past few months, which has got me thinking a bit about the seasonality of this process. Historically, teams have employed operational reviews (ORRs) or Production Readiness Reviews as part of a one-time gate, a static checklist towards being permitted into production, often late in the development cycle, and often done hastily towards the end at that. 

In the new world of continuously autonomous systems, how do we scale this readiness model? Well it doesn't, which is why we need to start thinking of PRRs as a productized framework, rather than a point-in-time process, a tool that is scalable, consistent or repeatable, and embedded throughout the development lifecycle. With that in mind, I have outlined some thoughts on how to tread readiness like a product. This article will cover how to:

1. Define your readiness product scope;
2. Modularize the framework;
3. Develop a self-serve delivery model;
4. Gamify adoption with badges;
5. Drive continuous improvement.

Read the rest of the article by going to https://doronkatz.com/production-readiness-as-a-product-how-to-scale-reliability-frameworks-across-teams-in-six-steps/