Enterprise evaluation plan
A bounded technical evaluation that produces evidence for platform, security, operations and release stakeholders.
RC
Exact release scope. This page documents the reviewed v0.0.1 source at fcc5871. Check release status before enabling a gated capability.
Define measurable outcomes
Use environment-specific baselines instead of general feature impressions.
| Outcome | Baseline question | Evaluation evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Manual steps removed | How many privileged handoffs and commands are required today? | Approved plan versus current runbook |
| Time to diagnose | How long does an operator need to reconstruct a failure? | Run, code, step, log, artifact and correlation availability |
| Retry safety | Can the team distinguish replay from duplicate intent? | Idempotency and classified retry test |
| Upgrade decision time | Can compatibility and rollback posture be reviewed before change? | Preflight, matrix, backup and acceptance evidence |
| Evidence coverage | Can every critical decision and outcome be demonstrated? | Actor, plan, events, artifacts, checksums and audit |
Recommended four-stage scope
- 01
Control-plane baseline
Install, secure, observe, back up, restore and verify one non-production profile.
- 02
Disposable lifecycle
Validate one provider and create, inspect, scale, upgrade, replace and delete one disposable cluster.
- 03
Cluster services
Install one built-in add-on, prove semantic health, registry posture and approved dashboard access.
- 04
Evidence and failure
Run Sonobuoy, inject a controlled failure/restart, recover cleanup and complete customer-zero acceptance.
Entry and exit criteria
- ✓Named technical sponsor, platform owner, security reviewer and restore owner
- ✓Disposable provider project/account and test DNS/registry boundary
- ✓Written success thresholds and stop conditions
- ✓No production credentials or workloads in the first lifecycle exercise
- ✓Final decision records accepted gaps, required fixes and the exact release identity
Evaluation deliverables
| Deliverable | Owner | Minimum content |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture decision | Platform | Topology, trust, dependencies, profile and boundaries |
| Security assessment | Security | Identity, secrets, network, supply chain, audit and residual risk |
| Operations acceptance | Operations | Install, monitoring, backup, restore, incident and support handoff |
| Lifecycle evidence pack | Platform / QA | Create, scale, upgrade, replace, add-on, validation and cleanup |
| Release decision | Change authority | Exact commit/version, gates, exceptions, approvals and rollback |