Checklists & templates for predictable delivery.
A ready-to-use resource library for teams who want to ship more reliably. Everything here is static, simple, and easy to copy into your docs.
Templates
Use these as starting points for your internal docs.
Project brief (one page)
- Problem statement
- Target users and constraints
- Success metrics (what changes?)
- Non-goals (what we are not doing)
- Risks and mitigations
- Milestones and acceptance criteria
Architecture decision record (ADR)
- Context and constraints
- Options considered
- Decision and rationale
- Consequences and follow-ups
- Owner and review date
API contract checklist
- Request/response examples
- Error formats and status codes
- Backwards compatibility rules
- Rate limits and pagination
- Auth and permission model
Test strategy outline
- Critical paths and risks
- Unit vs integration boundaries
- Test data approach
- CI gates and coverage targets
- Regression and release testing
Checklists
Simple guardrails for shipping safely.
Release checklist
- Feature flags or canary plan
- Database migrations verified
- Monitoring dashboards ready
- Rollback tested or simulated
- Stakeholders notified
Security basics
- Secrets not in repo
- Least privilege access
- Input validation in place
- Dependencies updated
- Incident contact defined
Performance review
- Define budgets (LCP, TTFB)
- Measure in production-like env
- Identify top slow queries
- Optimize hot paths first
- Re-test after changes
Tip: Put the release checklist into your PR template. Teams follow what is visible at the right moment.
If you want, we can turn these into your team’s tailored playbook.