Appendix. Nine narrative parts told the operating-years story at fakey.xyz. This post distils the review lens — use it in steering, annual planning, or the quarter before a restructure.
Series In Production · Appendix
Appendix to In Production. Browse the series overview for every part.
Checklist Sections to Draft
Wave two and programme pressure
- Wave-two workloads mapped against design assumptions
- BUILD / ROUTE / DECLINE applied under programme deadlines
FinOps and politics
- Showback before mandated chargeback
- Allocation rules tested with a friendly business unit first
- Narrative for every line item finance will challenge
Product vs. engineering team
- Public roadmap or explicit “not this quarter”
- Tenant council charter with representative voice, not loudest voice
Exceptions and guardrails
- Waiver count tracked monthly; stale exceptions escalated
- Senior exceptions documented with expiry and risk acceptor
Political visibility
- Leadership slide: three metrics, one risk, one tenant quote
- Quarterly narrative before anyone asks “what does the platform do?”
Provider drift
- Retirement register reviewed quarterly
- Refresh waves communicated before tenants discover them
Knowledge and handover
- “Ask Dave” paths mapped and ticketed
- Exception register + decision document + runbooks aligned
Build vs. adopt
- Native service evaluation documented per capability
- Platform decommission plan when you retire your own code
Three-year review
- Metrics agreed before the meeting
- Handoff artefacts named: what the next team can run without archaeology
One Block · build from here
Pick one section above and score your platform honestly this week — one tick is enough to start.