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Last Updated: 2026-05-03 Owner: Ops-Dev Summary: Formal review template for judging whether a QuantMatrix release is ready for production use.

QuantMatrix Production Readiness Review Template

This template is used before any significant production release, live trading launch, or major system change.

Its purpose is to provide a formal readiness checkpoint so the team can decide: - what is ready - what is risky - what is missing - what must be fixed before release

This is not just a technical checklist. It is a release decision document.

1. Review Metadata

  • Review Title:
  • Review Date:
  • Release / Version:
  • Environment Targeted: Paper / Live / Both
  • Review Owner:
  • Operator Reviewer:
  • Engineering Reviewer:
  • Strategy Reviewer:
  • Risk Reviewer:

2. Change Summary

Describe what is changing in this release.

  • Features added:
  • Components changed:
  • Strategies changed:
  • Risk logic changed:
  • Broker integration changes:
  • UI changes:
  • Data model changes:
  • Analytics changes:
  • Operational procedure changes:

3. Release Scope Classification

Mark all that apply:

  • [ ] New feature release
  • [ ] Bug fix release
  • [ ] Broker integration change
  • [ ] Strategy logic change
  • [ ] Risk control change
  • [ ] Order routing or OMS change
  • [ ] Reconciliation change
  • [ ] UI-only change
  • [ ] Analytics-only change
  • [ ] Operations/process change

4. Executive Readiness Summary

Overall Recommendation

  • Ready for release: Yes / No / Yes with restrictions

Summary

  • What gives confidence:
  • Biggest remaining risks:
  • Required restrictions if released:
  • Recommended rollout approach:

5. Architecture and Design Review

  • Does the change align with the system architecture?
  • Does it preserve module boundaries?
  • Are new dependencies justified?
  • Are any responsibilities leaking across modules?
  • Are any shortcuts being taken that increase operational risk?

Findings

  • Architecture concerns:
  • Design debt introduced:
  • Follow-up needed:

6. Functional Readiness

Behavior Review

  • [ ] Requirements are implemented
  • [ ] Acceptance criteria are met
  • [ ] UI behavior matches intended workflows
  • [ ] Trading workflows behave as expected
  • [ ] Non-goals remain out of scope

Business and Trading Logic

  • [ ] Entry behavior validated
  • [ ] Exit behavior validated
  • [ ] Watchlist behavior validated
  • [ ] Scanner behavior validated
  • [ ] Account summary behavior validated
  • [ ] Risk behavior validated
  • [ ] Order lifecycle validated

7. Reliability and Failure Readiness

Failure Handling

  • [ ] Retry behavior implemented
  • [ ] Timeout behavior implemented
  • [ ] Duplicate handling implemented
  • [ ] Partial failure behavior documented
  • [ ] Reconnect behavior tested
  • [ ] Recovery paths documented

Resilience Review

  • Known failure modes:
  • Worst-case failure impact:
  • Whether failure degrades safely:
  • Whether release introduces new high-risk paths:

8. Risk and Safety Review

Trading Risk Controls

  • [ ] Max daily loss enforced
  • [ ] Max position size enforced
  • [ ] Max trades per day enforced
  • [ ] Market-hours validation enforced
  • [ ] Duplicate order prevention enforced
  • [ ] Blocked symbols enforced
  • [ ] Emergency halt works

Operational Safety

  • [ ] Live vs paper separation is clear
  • [ ] Dangerous actions are guarded
  • [ ] Config defaults are safe
  • [ ] Manual override paths are understood

Risk Concerns

  • Risk issues found:
  • Risk signoff required:
  • Release blockers:

9. Data and State Review

Persistence and Reconciliation

  • [ ] Database migrations reviewed
  • [ ] Redis key behavior reviewed
  • [ ] Retention policy reviewed
  • [ ] Source-of-truth boundaries understood
  • [ ] Reconciliation paths tested

Data Integrity

  • [ ] Orders persist correctly
  • [ ] Executions persist correctly
  • [ ] Positions remain consistent
  • [ ] P&L remains consistent
  • [ ] Trade analytics capture remains consistent

10. Observability Review

Monitoring

  • [ ] Structured logs present
  • [ ] Metrics present
  • [ ] Health checks present
  • [ ] Alerts configured
  • [ ] Operator can understand current state from UI

Debuggability

  • [ ] Logs are sufficient to reconstruct incidents
  • [ ] State transitions are visible
  • [ ] Critical identifiers are logged
  • [ ] Recommendation logic is auditable if affected

11. Testing Review

Automated Tests

  • [ ] Unit tests pass
  • [ ] Integration tests pass
  • [ ] End-to-end tests pass
  • [ ] Failure-path tests pass

Manual Validation

  • [ ] UI validated
  • [ ] Paper trading scenario validated if required
  • [ ] Reconciliation validated
  • [ ] Emergency halt validated safely

Test Gaps

  • Uncovered areas:
  • Deferred tests:
  • Acceptable reasons for deferral:

12. Analytics and Review Readiness

If analytics-related logic changed: - [ ] Trade capture still works - [ ] Feature extraction still works - [ ] Recommendations are versioned - [ ] Reporting outputs remain trustworthy - [ ] Historical comparability impact reviewed

Analytics Risks

  • Any misleading metrics introduced:
  • Any recommendation quality concerns:
  • Any backfill/recompute required:

13. UI and Operator Readiness

Operator Workflow

  • [ ] Command Center remains clear
  • [ ] Critical alerts visible
  • [ ] Orders and positions understandable
  • [ ] Settings changes understandable
  • [ ] Operator actions have clear feedback

UX Risk

  • Any confusing labels:
  • Any hidden dangerous actions:
  • Any degraded monitoring usability:

14. Deployment and Rollout Plan

Deployment Readiness

  • [ ] Deployment steps documented
  • [ ] Rollback plan documented
  • [ ] Environment variables reviewed
  • [ ] Migration order reviewed
  • [ ] Startup order reviewed

Rollout Strategy

  • Direct release / staged release / paper-first / limited live
  • Initial capital cap:
  • Initial strategy scope:
  • Initial session constraints:
  • Monitoring intensity for rollout:

15. Incident Preparedness

  • [ ] Operations runbook updated
  • [ ] Incident response playbook updated
  • [ ] New incident scenarios identified
  • [ ] Operator briefed on changes
  • [ ] Engineer on-call aware of changes

16. Open Issues and Release Blockers

Critical Blockers

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Non-Blocking Known Issues

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Accepted Risks

  • Risk:
  • Why accepted:
  • Who approved:

17. Go / No-Go Decision

Decision

  • Go
  • Go with restrictions
  • No-Go

Conditions

  • Required restrictions:
  • Required monitoring:
  • Required rollback triggers:

Approval Notes

  • Final comments:
  • Unresolved concerns:

18. Signoff

  • Review Owner:
  • Operator:
  • Engineer:
  • Strategy Owner:
  • Risk Reviewer:
  • Approval Timestamp:

19. Post-Release Follow-Up

After release, confirm: - [ ] release behaved as expected - [ ] no unexpected incidents occurred - [ ] monitoring remained adequate - [ ] analytics remained trustworthy - [ ] new risks did not appear

Follow-Up Actions

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