# Production handoff checklist

Use this checklist when moving an AI system from delivery into operated service ownership.

## Handoff package

| Area | Required artifact |
| --- | --- |
| Ownership | Business owner, product owner, service owner, and control owner |
| Runbook | Normal operation, degraded mode, incidents, rollback, and support |
| Monitoring | Dashboards, SLOs, alerts, traces, and evaluation reports |
| Controls | Permissions, approvals, data boundaries, logging, and audit retention |
| Release | Version history, change gate, known limitations, and rollback steps |
| Support | Intake channel, triage rules, escalation path, and communication template |

## Acceptance rule

The receiving owner should be able to operate, explain, recover, and improve the system without relying on delivery-team memory.

## Output

A signed handoff that turns a completed project into an accountable service.