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Release Readiness Checklist

A checklist for engineering managers to confirm release-related follow-ups are complete.

Category
Engineering & Product Teams
Subcategory
Engineering Management
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Checklist

7 items

  1. Step 1: Confirm all required PRs are merged
  2. Step 2: Verify QA sign-off is complete
  3. Step 3: Confirm release notes are drafted
  4. Step 4: Check that rollback notes or runbooks are updated
  5. Step 5: Verify support/customer-facing teams have been notified if needed
  6. Step 6: Confirm monitoring or alerting changes are ready
  7. Step 7: Assign post-release verification owner
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