Production Readiness Playbook

Take an AI system from demo to production: six layers, a worked example, a scoring rubric, and rollback templates.

File type: PDF
Pages: 13
Size: 530 KB
Last updated: October 9, 2026
License: CC BY 4.0

What's inside

How to use this playbook
The worked example, a retailer's support assistant
Layer 1. Environments
Layer 2. Modularity
Layer 3. Versioning
Layer 4. Secrets
Layer 5. Logging
Layer 6. Feature flags
The scorecard and its rubric
The checklist
Rollback runbook
Incident review

Who it's for

Teams taking an AI system from a working demo to production. Use it before launch, and again after something breaks.

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