Enterprise service scope and boundaries
Compare the operating outcome, included work, explicit limits, and next decision for each accountable TacitSoft service.
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One-time paid engagement with a customer-specific scope and fee.
Best fit: Organizations facing a consequential platform decision, modernization trigger, or delivery risk that need evidence before committing to a larger program.
Outcome: A decision-ready view of the current state, prioritized risks, target architecture, and the accountable service scope recommended for the next stage.
Deliverables
- Evidence inventory and current-state assessment
- Prioritized technical and operating risks
- Target architecture and delivery recommendations
- Written scope recommendation with dependencies and decision points
Boundaries
- Bounded diligence and architecture work, not open-ended implementation
- Evidence access, stakeholders, systems, and review period are agreed before work begins
- Production changes and recurring operations require a separately approved scope
Enterprise Platform Architecture & Modernization
Custom-scoped annual agreement, billed monthly.
Best fit: Engineering organizations modernizing cloud, Kubernetes, delivery platforms, databases, or operating controls across teams and environments.
Outcome: A safer, supportable platform architecture with a sequenced modernization program tied to delivery and operating outcomes.
Deliverables
- Current-state and target-state platform architecture
- Prioritized modernization roadmap and dependency plan
- Implementation of approved platform and delivery workstreams
- Decision records, runbooks, and handoff evidence
Boundaries
- Workstreams, systems, decision rights, and acceptance criteria are defined in the annual scope
- Software licenses, cloud spend, and third-party services are excluded unless explicitly included
- Security certification and compliance attestation are not implied
Enterprise Image & OS Lifecycle
Custom-scoped annual agreement, billed monthly.
Best fit: Organizations that need governed operating-system or machine-image creation, testing, promotion, maintenance, and retirement across approved targets.
Outcome: A controlled image lifecycle that produces traceable artifacts and keeps approved operating-system baselines supportable over time.
Deliverables
- Approved base, target, entitlement, and control inventory
- Reproducible image pipelines and validation gates
- Release evidence, promotion records, and operating runbooks
- Planned patching, refresh, and retirement cadence
Boundaries
- Artifact families, platforms, controls, and maintenance cadence are defined in the annual scope
- Customer licensing and redistribution rights must be confirmed before delivery
- Marketplace publication, certification claims, and unsupported targets require separate approval
Managed Platform Reliability & Delivery
Custom-scoped annual agreement, billed monthly.
Best fit: Organizations that need an accountable operating capability for platform reliability, release safety, observability, recovery readiness, and continuous improvement.
Outcome: A managed reliability and delivery function with agreed priorities, operating evidence, and sustained improvement across the contracted platform boundary.
Deliverables
- Reliability backlog, operating cadence, and decision reporting
- Delivery controls, observability, and recovery improvements
- Incident learning and prioritized corrective work
- Runbooks, service evidence, and executive operating reviews
Boundaries
- Covered systems, service windows, escalation paths, and acceptance measures are contract-specific
- Support levels and response commitments exist only in an approved agreement
- Community support remains separate and carries no consulting accountability
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Projects, diagnostics, and tools may support an approved scope. They do not replace the accountable service boundary or become an equivalent service tier.
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