Reliable software
From research prototype to reliable software
A readiness checklist for research software: acceptance evidence, operational signals, reproducible releases and a recovery procedure you have tested.
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Reliable software
Operational readiness for research software: observable behaviour, reproducible checks and recovery evidence.
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A prototype review and an operational readiness review answer different questions. This category focuses on observable user behaviour, repeatable releases and evidence from recovery exercises. Use the guides to describe the boundary of a check: which version, which dependency and which user path were tested. Preserve unresolved limitations alongside successful results. Resource metrics help explain failures but do not replace task acceptance. Related articles examine how those principles apply when a model or a knowledge retrieval step participates in the application.