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Internal Readiness Checklist

Pre-internal-launch gate

Use this page as the internal readiness gate before Builder Insights is treated as a real internal platform. The goal is not perfection. The goal is to make identity, hosting, telemetry, and governance risks explicit before broader internal rollout.

Ready means

  • identity is trustworthy
  • org-aware access is defensible
  • internal runtime is supportable
  • telemetry and ownership are real

Identity and access readiness​

Workforce identity

The app should rely on an approved internal sign-in path rather than an ad hoc or transitional login model.

  • [ ] Okta SSO path is defined
  • [ ] approved claims or groups for entitlement mapping are documented
  • [ ] session and MFA expectations are understood
  • [ ] break-glass admin policy exists
Org-aware access

The app should know who belongs to Builder Relations and what access should follow from that.

  • [ ] authoritative source for Builder Relations membership is identified
  • [ ] manager and leadership chain handling is defined if needed
  • [ ] entitlement exceptions are documented and reviewable
  • [ ] role-mapping ownership is assigned

Hosting and deployment readiness​

Kanopy readiness

Internal runtime assumptions should be explicit before the product is treated as operationally stable.

  • [ ] first Kanopy-hosted workloads are identified
  • [ ] ingress, DNS, and callback URLs are planned
  • [ ] environment boundaries are defined
  • [ ] secrets and config management approach is approved
Deployment operations

The team should be able to deploy, verify, and recover without improvising the whole process.

  • [ ] health checks exist
  • [ ] deployment verification checklist exists
  • [ ] rollback expectation is defined
  • [ ] runtime ownership is assigned

Observability and audit readiness​

Reliability telemetry

The team should know when auth, sync, API, or queue behavior degrades before users report it.

  • [ ] structured logs exist for core request paths
  • [ ] auth, sync, and API health metrics are defined
  • [ ] alerts exist for major reliability regressions
  • [ ] telemetry collection path is approved for internal hosting
Usage, audit, and reporting

The platform should be measurable from product, operational, and access-governance perspectives.

  • [ ] core usage metrics are defined
  • [ ] audit events are defined for sensitive actions
  • [ ] dashboard ownership is assigned
  • [ ] retention and review expectations are understood

Governance and ownership readiness​

Decision ownership

Operational readiness breaks down when key decisions have no named owner.

  • [ ] identity owner is known
  • [ ] hosting owner is known
  • [ ] telemetry owner is known
  • [ ] access-review and exception owner is known
Review cadence

The product should have a repeatable way to revisit sensitive operational assumptions.

  • [ ] access-review cadence exists
  • [ ] telemetry or dashboard review cadence exists
  • [ ] release readiness process includes operational checks
  • [ ] internal rollout gate is documented

Risk

What this checklist is trying to prevent

A product can feel ready in demo mode while still being unready as an internal platform. This checklist helps prevent avoidable surprises around identity drift, unclear ownership, weak telemetry, and fragile runtime assumptions.

Final readiness call​

  • Ready for limited internal rollout
  • Ready only for controlled pilot
  • Not ready for broader internal usage

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