A DevOps handover to an outsourced team should demonstrate that permitted people can build, release and diagnose the product. European buyers need an inventory of accounts and operating responsibilities. A delivery dashboard alone does not show whether those tasks can survive a change of supplier.
Inventory the path to production
List repositories, build services, environments and providers. Note manual steps and the people who perform them. Identify which account owns each service.
Ask the partner to follow the current instructions with an identified version. Record missing configuration and undocumented prerequisites.
Request evidence by operation
| Operation | Evidence to examine |
|---|---|
| Build | Reproducible result in an authorized environment |
| Test | Relevant checks and their outcomes |
| Release | Version, approvals and operating procedure |
| Recovery | Suitable restoration or rollback exercise |
| Diagnosis | Permitted logs and escalation path |
| Exit | Account and documentation inventory |
Secrets belong in the agreed management tools. The handover explains how an authorized operator obtains access.
Account for state and data
A previous application version may not work with a changed data model. Ask the partner to identify that constraint and the recovery approach before release.
Define which systems and operating hours are included in support. The engineering team may diagnose an external-service failure without having authority to repair that service.
Have another operator use the dossier
Choose a bounded operation and have a suitable person perform it from the instructions. Amend the missing steps. Keep the tested version and known limits.
Repeat the relevant handover checks after major operating changes. A dossier accepted once can become outdated when accounts, integrations or deployment settings change.
Prepare your project
Continue with Accessibility in outsourced product development: assign the testing work. Contact Sky Vaults with the workflow and constraints you need to discuss.