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KADA Deployment - Go live checklist

The following is a sample checklist for an Enterprise deployment.

Note this excludes tasks typically managed under the onboarding program (source integration, user training and show cases etc) or sign-offs from Security, Architecture and other key stakeholder groups.Note this excludes tasks typically managed under the onboarding program (source integration, user training and show cases etc) or sign-offs from Security, Architecture and other key stakeholder groups.

Category

Task

Type

Security

Enable Single Sign On and Centralised role based management For example if the enterprises uses Entra ID, configure Entra ID for SSO and Roles/Groups Configure integration with Azure Entra ID

Recommended

Monitoring

Enable container logging to centralised monitoring service (e.g. Splunk, Azure Monitor, Datadog) Compute Memory Storage

Recommended for Your cloud deployment only. Not required for K SaaS

Network

Configure subdomain and certificate for internal routing

Recommended

Network

Configure firewalls for direct connections / collectors for source integrations

Recommended

Email Integration

Configure email service (K or internal SMTP service) for K alerts

Optional

Alerts

Configure K and monitoring service alerts to the team supporting K

Recommended

Support

Assign support responsibilities to a Team

Recommended

Confidentiality

Register the product in the Enterprise Service catalog. Ensure the platform has clearly defined: Service Owner Category Classification

Optional

Upgrades

Establish the upgrade process (automated or manual) and schedules to ensure the platform remains within the recommended support period.

Recommended

Capacity planning

Review growth projections and use cases to ensure that the platform infrastructure is suitably sized.

Recommended for Your cloud deployment only. Not required for K SaaS

Onboarding

Establish an onboarding process to enable Employees to request and obtain access Alternatively enable all employees to have basic read access to K

Recommended

Offboarding

Establish a regular process to review access to K

Recommended

Documentation

Setup documentation covering the key features, workflows, and best practices. Include FAQs to address common issues.

Recommended

Training

Setup training material and options for key personas and use cases

Recommended

Feedback

Establish channel to gather feedback to the accountable team (and/or vendor)

Optional

Vendor management

Establish monthly/quarter forum with KADA aligned success manager

Recommended