How do we know a technical project is ready for handover?
Incomplete technical transitionVerify that the receiving team can operate, monitor, support, and recover the delivered service with appropriate access and evidence. A document handover alone does not demonstrate operational capability.
What to do now
- Confirm operating responsibilities
- Test key support and recovery procedures
- Transfer controlled configuration and documentation
- Obtain explicit readiness acceptance
When to escalate
The receiving team cannot safely sustain the service.
The technical owner and authorized release decision maker
Example
Operations demonstrates a recovery task and finds the relevant runbook before accepting responsibility.
Mistake to avoid
Declaring handover complete when a folder of files is sent.
Prevent a repeat
Review real execution evidence and maintainability alongside feature completion; do not treat an unrun test as passed.
Suggested ApprovedFlow setup
- Tasks
- Documents
- Approvals
Track delivery tasks and attach engineering evidence; keep source control, build execution and technical controls in their actual engineering systems. See the platform
Related cases
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- Technical debt keeps delaying new features. How should we prioritize it?Unmanaged technical drag
- How do I know whether a department is ready for rollout?Unmeasured business readiness
- The supplier says ready, but our team cannot use the output. What is missing?Readiness definition mismatch