Bounded technology changeover
What is a bounded technology changeover?
A bounded technology changeover moves one defined operating slice through scope, preparation, representative testing, acceptance gates, cutover, reconciliation, support, fallback, and closure before the business retires the prior path or expands the change.
Facts the business should be able to see
- Write the business result, owner, affected people, in-scope workflow and records, exclusions, success evidence, stop conditions, and decision date.
- Prove export, import, access, permissions, integrations, exceptions, reports, recovery, accessibility, support, and fallback on representative approved examples.
- Assign cutover, communication, reconciliation, aftercare, old-system access, retention, deletion, contract closure, and review owners.
What this definition cannot establish
- A successful happy path or pilot does not prove that every exception, report, integration, record, user, location, or recovery need is ready.
- Material changes involving regulated records, money, identity, customer commitments, or critical systems require qualified implementation and fact-specific review.