COMPEL Glossary / GL-32
Deployment Readiness Checklist
A comprehensive, sign-off-based checklist that verifies all technical, governance, operational, and organizational prerequisites have been met before an AI system is deployed to production.
What this means in practice
Every item must be signed off by a named owner — unchecked items are blockers, not observations.
Context in the COMPEL framework
Produced and completed at the end of the Produce stage, immediately before the Gate P review. The completed checklist is a required input to the Gate Review Decision Record.
Where you see this
Deployment Readiness Checklist is most commonly referenced when teams work across the Produce stage — especially within the Operational Readiness layer . It appears in governance artifacts, assessment instruments, and delivery playbooks wherever COMPEL is operationalized.
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Synonyms
go-live checklist , production readiness checklist , launch checklist
See also
- Readiness Assessment Report — A point-in-time, evidence-backed assessment of the organization's readiness to advance from one COMPEL stage to the next, scored across all 10 operational readiness dimensions with explicit pass/fail thresholds and remediation actions for any dimension below threshold.
- Control Activation Register — A record that tracks the implementation and activation status of every governance control specified in the Control Requirements Matrix — confirming that each control has been built, tested, and is operational in the production environment.
- Gate Review Decision Record — The formal record of a stage gate review decision — documenting the inputs reviewed, the pass/fail outcome, the conditions or exceptions attached to the decision, the named decision-makers, and any required remediation actions before the next gate.
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