# Operational Readiness: The Review That Catches Problems

DevFeed: [Operational Readiness: The Review That Catches Problems](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/operational-readiness-the-review-that-catches-problems-34019.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://sridharrajarao.com/blog/operational-readiness/>)

Author: Sridhar Rajarao

Published: 2026-05-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Sridhar Rajarao](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/sridhar-rajarao.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/incident.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [on-call](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/on-call.md>), [operational](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/operational.md>), [ops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ops.md>), [problems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/problems.md>), [production](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/production.md>), [reliability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reliability.md>), [sre](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sre.md>), [validation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/validation.md>), [verification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/verification.md>)

## AI overview

An operational readiness review is useful only when checklist items are backed by evidence and verified before a service launches. The article explains common failure modes, recommends attaching artifacts to each item, and describes AI applications for evidence gathering, gap detection, and summary drafting while keeping the final readiness decision with human reviewers.

## Source excerpt

A short, verifiable checklist for production launches. What to ask, why ORRs become theater, and where AI helps.