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title: Production stabilization
description: A fixed-scope project that brings a product to a state in which it can enter the continuous product delivery service of grm.sh.
canonical: https://grm.sh/stabilization
last-updated: 2026-09-17
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# Production stabilization

A fixed-scope project for a system that is not yet suitable for continuous delivery.

## Purpose

Certain products cannot enter the monthly service safely at the outset. A reproducible runtime may be absent, the rollback path may be inoperative, backups may be unverified, or a failure mode may render every change hazardous. Stabilization exists for those conditions and for no other purpose.

### Conditions of application

Stabilization follows an assessment in every case. Where the read-only review establishes that a project cannot enter standard continuous delivery safely, grm.sh issues a **Stabilization Brief** in place of a monthly plan, comprising a written scope, a defined outcome and a fixed price.

## Deliverables

- A reproducible runtime and a recorded production baseline.
- A deployment path with a tested rollback, and secrets and access placed within defined boundaries.
- Monitoring, alerting and logs that correspond to the actual system.
- Off-server backups with no fewer than one verified restore.
- Correction of the specific defects or structural conditions, named in the Stabilization Brief, that prevented entry into the standard service.

## Exclusions

Stabilization is not a rewrite, a migration programme or an open-ended engagement. Work outside the written brief remains outside the brief. Where the assessment establishes that a system requires an architectural rebuild rather than stabilization, grm.sh states this and declines the project in preference to undertaking work that cannot be concluded.

## Subsequent service

The outcome of stabilization is a system that can enter [continuous product delivery](https://grm.sh/service) on standard terms, with a recorded baseline and a monthly plan recommended on the basis of the actual backlog. Stabilization constitutes an entry route rather than a parallel service, and is undertaken once or not at all.

[Submit an assessment request](https://grm.sh/contact)

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Canonical page: https://grm.sh/stabilization