OPS07-BP05 Make informed decisions to deploy systems and
changes
Evaluate the capabilities of the team to support the workload and the workload's compliance with governance. Evaluate these against the benefits of deployment when determining whether to transition a system or change into production. Understand the benefits and risks to make informed decisions.
A pre-mortem is an exercise where a team simulates a failure to develop mitigation strategies. Use pre-mortems to anticipate failure and create procedures where appropriate. When you make changes to the checklists you use to evaluate your workloads, plan what you will do with live systems that no longer comply.
Common anti-patterns:
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Deciding to deploy a workload without understanding the security risks present in the workload.
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Deciding to deploy a workload without understanding if it complies with your governance and standards.
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Deciding to deploy a workload without understanding if your team can support it.
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Deciding to deploy a workload without understanding how it benefits the organization.
Benefits of establishing this best practice: Having skilled team members enables effective support of your workload.
Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established: Low
Implementation guidance
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Make informed decisions to deploy workloads and changes: Evaluate the capabilities of the team to support the workload and the workload's compliance with governance. Evaluate these against the benefits of deployment when determining whether to transition a system or change into production. Understand the benefits and risks, and make informed decisions.
