Rivac LabsReality Checker
Most "ready to ship" decisions rest on someone's gut feel the night before a release, and that's exactly when a preventable incident slips through. This service builds a concrete, evidence-based go/no-go gate — a defined checklist run against the actual release candidate, not a status meeting — so a launch decision is backed by proof instead of confidence. It's for teams that have been burned by a release that looked fine and wasn't, and want a repeatable certification step between "code complete" and "live in production." The deliverable is a written readiness report before every ship, so the call to go or hold is defensible either way.
How We’d Approach This
A clear, staged plan — not a black box
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Review recent releases and past incidents to define what 'ready to ship' concretely needs to include for your stack.
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Pilot the certification checklist against the next upcoming release as a trial gate that informs but doesn't yet block the decision.
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Review the trial results with release owners and calibrate the go/no-go thresholds before they become binding.
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Install the certification gate into the release pipeline, producing a written readiness report ahead of every ship decision.
What You Get
Deliverables from this engagement
- Release-readiness checklist tailored to your stack and past incidents
- Evidence-backed go/no-go certification report for each release
- Production-readiness scorecard or dashboard
- Documented gate criteria your team owns and can update
- Incident-pattern log tying past failures to specific gate checks
Six Ways We Could Architect This
Different engagement, different build — pick the shape that fits
There’s more than one way to deliver on this service. Browse a few of the ways we’d structure the work, depending on your speed, budget, and integration needs.
Ready to get started?
Tell us what you’re trying to get done and we’ll help you find the highest-leverage place to start — scoped small enough to prove itself before you commit to anything bigger.
Talk to us about Reality CheckerMost engagements like this start as a $500–$2,500 pilot — see full pricing.