ES-111 Evidence¶
Purpose¶
This page defines the evidence expected from ES-111.
Operational readiness evidence demonstrates that the approved release scope can be supported, monitored, limited, stopped, reviewed, and transitioned responsibly.
Required evidence¶
| Artifact | Evidence Purpose |
|---|---|
operational_readiness_overview.md |
Connects release decision to operational preparation. |
operational_scope.md |
Defines approved operational boundary. |
support_model.md |
Defines support ownership and escalation. |
monitoring_and_observability_plan.md |
Defines operational visibility and action signals. |
incident_response_plan.md |
Defines response paths for operational issues. |
rollback_and_stop_plan.md |
Defines rollback, pause, and stop criteria. |
user_transition_plan.md |
Defines user communication and onboarding. |
operational_risk_register.md |
Records operational risks and owners. |
operational_readiness_review.md |
Records readiness review findings. |
operational_readiness_summary.md |
Summarizes readiness for ES-112. |
Evidence quality expectations¶
Operational readiness evidence should be traceable to release decision and scope, explicit about operational limits, explicit about support owners, explicit about monitoring signals, explicit about incident response, explicit about stop criteria, clear about user communication, honest about remaining risks, and useful to ES-112.
Operational readiness quality test¶
Operational readiness evidence is adequate when a reviewer can answer:
- What release scope is approved?
- Who may use it?
- What data may be used?
- What features are disabled?
- Who supports it?
- What is monitored?
- What triggers escalation?
- What triggers rollback or stop?
- What do users need to know?
- What risks remain?
- Can deployment and transition begin?
Operational evidence as control¶
Operational evidence should not exist only for documentation.
It should support action: escalation, rollback, user communication, governance review, risk management, and future learning.
If an operational artifact does not help someone act responsibly, revise it.
AI-use evidence¶
If AI assists operational readiness planning, record how it was used and how the resulting operational decisions were reviewed.
AI may help draft or critique plans. It does not own support, escalation, rollback, or user communication.
Do not proceed with deployment if no one can say who owns support.
Operational readiness turns release conditions into enforceable practice.