Checklist

Analytics Delivery & Production Playbook — Pipeline Checklist

Interactive checklist to verify CI/CD gates, validation tests, performance and security checks, deployment smoke tests, and operational handoff/runbook readiness before moving analytics into production. Captures owners, evidence, and follow-up notes so teams can track readiness and create an audit trail.

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Analytics Pipeline Readiness Checklist

Use this interactive checklist to standardize the path from prototype to production. For each area, record pass/fail, the responsible owner, and brief evidence or a link. Saving the checklist produces a persistent record to reduce handoff surprises and make ownership and acceptance criteria explicit.

High-level assessment of pipeline readiness for production
Planned go-live date (YYYY-MM-DD) or 'TBD'
Are code and configuration stored in source control and peer-reviewed per team policy?
Person responsible for code review and repo hygiene (name or role)
Link to PR, review notes, branch policy, or brief evidence
Unit tests, integration tests, CI validation, and data quality checks
Person or role owning automated tests and validation gates
CI build link, test reports, schema validation results, sample diffs
Load/perf testing, resource sizing, and security scan results
Person or role responsible for perf/security validation
Links to test reports, vulnerability scans, or mitigation notes
Have deployment steps been validated and basic smoke tests executed?
Person or role responsible for deployment run and smoke verification
Deployment run logs, smoke test results, or runbook reference
Does the operations runbook include rollback steps, ownership, and escalation contacts?
Person responsible for maintaining the runbook
URL or path to runbook, SOP, or operational documentation
Have the agreed acceptance criteria (accuracy, latency, coverage, business checks) been satisfied?
Is there a documented and tested rollback or mitigation plan?
Are observability checks, SLIs, and alerts configured for the analytics product?
Planned smoke-check cadence, owner for immediate post-deploy checks, and quick verification steps
Who reviewed and approved this checklist?
Date of this checklist review (YYYY-MM-DD)
Capture outstanding items, remediation tasks, or links to issue trackers
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