minions-template/docs/operator-onboarding-checklist.md

Operator Onboarding Checklist

Owner: PM Status: not started Date: YYYY-MM-DD

1. Project Framing

• project name:
• objective:
• key constraints:
• environments in scope:

2. Roles and Boundaries

• PM assigned: pending Operator confirmation
• CM assigned: pending Operator confirmation
• SM assigned: pending Operator confirmation
• OM-Test assigned: pending Operator confirmation
• OM assigned: pending Operator confirmation
• any role exceptions approved by Operator: none currently

3. Required Artifacts

• MEMORY.md reviewed and accepted by Operator
• CHANGELOG.md initialized and owner set
• ROADMAP.md initialized and owner set
• TODO.md initialized and owner set
• minion-version.md reviewed and downstream version format confirmed

4. Escalation Policy (Operator Optional)

Enabled by Operator: yes/no

If enabled:

• production blocker response expectation:
• non-critical blocker response expectation:
• incident communication expectation:

5. Guardrail Confirmation

• base guardrails accepted
• project-specific guardrails added:
• secret and personal-data handling confirmed
• machine-specific metadata hygiene confirmed (example: .DS_Store stays untracked)
• rollback posture expectation confirmed

6. Sign-Off

Operator decision: pending

Notes: