Clear boundaries
People, tools and business needs keep changing after the first delivery. Designing for that reality makes a system easier to evolve.
Separate responsibilities and define integration contracts, permissions and responses to service failures.
Visibility from the start
Logs, error signals and traceability help explain what happens in production, particularly when a workflow combines software and AI models.
An operation needs to recognise problems, investigate their context and know what needs attention.
Knowledge that stays
Documentation and shared decisions are part of delivery. The team using a product should also be able to make decisions about its future.
Launch, support and later improvements need clear conditions. Plan that continuity during the project.