Operational Systems · Tooling · Component
The retirement plan
What is being switched off, when, and what has to move before it can be — because adopting without retiring is how tool sprawl happens.
The deliverable
What it is
Adoption without retirement leaves two systems and one fewer source of truth. It is the normal outcome, because retiring is work with no visible benefit.
The retirement plan should be written at the same time as the adoption decision, since afterwards there is never a reason to start it.
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What it is made of
Each element is a constituent part of the component. Follow one to see the attributes it carries.
The migration
What has to move out before the tool can be switched off.
3 attributes: What moves · Destination · Owner
LearnThe dependencies
What else relies on the tool, including things nobody documented.
3 attributes: Dependency · Depending party · Resolved
LearnThe cutoff
The date after which the tool is off, and what happens to the data.
3 attributes: Access ends · Contract ends · Data disposition
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Write the retirement plan at the same time as the adoption decision. Afterwards there is never a reason to start it.
The other components in tooling
The tool inventory
What the organisation actually runs on — including everything acquired by a team without anyone else knowing.
LearnThe fit assessment
How well each tool matches the process it supports — and where the process bent to fit the tool instead.
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