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Engineering Stage

ES-110 — Release Readiness

Determine whether the verified system baseline is ready for release, limited pilot, deferral, or rejection based on evidence, risk, defects, governance concerns, and operational expectations.

Verification and Release Preparation Release Evidence Next: ES-111

ES-110 Outputs

Purpose

This page defines the outputs produced by ES-110 and how they support ES-111.

Required outputs

docs/release/release_candidate_summary.md
docs/release/release_evidence_index.md
docs/release/defect_and_risk_assessment.md
docs/release/guardrail_release_review.md
docs/release/ai_release_review.md
docs/release/release_scope.md
docs/release/release_decision_record.md
docs/release/release_conditions.md
docs/release/release_readiness_review.md
docs/release/release_readiness_summary.md

Output purposes

Output Purpose Downstream Use
Release candidate summary Identifies baseline and release question. Release review
Release evidence index Points reviewers to supporting evidence. Auditability
Defect and risk assessment Classifies open concerns. Decision making
Guardrail release review Evaluates trustworthiness controls. Governance and operations
AI release review Evaluates AI release status. AI governance
Release scope Defines what release permits. Operational readiness
Release decision record Records decision and rationale. Accountability
Release conditions Defines limits and follow-up. Operations
Release readiness review Records reviewer findings. Release governance
Release readiness summary States ES-111 readiness. Operational transition

Optional outputs

docs/release/release_notes.md
docs/release/rollback_plan.md
docs/release/stakeholder_approval_record.md
docs/release/known_issues.md
docs/release/open_release_questions.md

Create optional outputs only when they clarify real release evidence.

Output quality checklist

Confirm that required artifacts exist, the release candidate is identified, evidence is indexed, defects and risks are classified, guardrails are reviewed, AI status is reviewed, release scope is explicit, release decision is recorded, release conditions are stated, and readiness for ES-111 is documented.

Downstream use in ES-111

ES-111 uses ES-110 outputs to determine what operations must prepare for.

Operations needs to know the baseline, scope, conditions, constraints, known issues, monitoring expectations, rollback assumptions, release limits, and accepted risks.

Common Pitfall

Do not move to operations with vague release boundaries. Operations can only support what release readiness clearly defines.

Engineering Insight

The release output package tells operations what kind of system they are being asked to support.

Continue to Readiness Gate

Evaluate whether ES-110 is complete and ES-111 can begin responsibly.

Continue to Readiness Gate →