IT
Transition to operations
The formal handover of a delivered system into ongoing operational support.
Plain English
Handing a finished system from the team that built it to the team that will run it.
If you’re new here
Projects end; systems do not. This is the point where somebody has to agree to answer the phone about it forever, and it is often negotiated late.
What they probably mean
“Finding out who has to look after this now.”
Interpretation offered as humour, not authoritative guidance.
Bureaucracy level
Complex · 4/5
How much government-speak this phrase carries. Playful indicator, not a judgement of anyone using it.
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