Data Component Retirement

Definition

Data component retirement is the retirement subactivity consisting of the cohesive collection of all tasks that are primarily performed to retire a data component from service.

Goals

The typical goals of data component retirement are to:

• Take the data component out of service.

Objectives

The typical objectives of data component retirement are to:

• Cease data component usage in an orderly manner.
• Retire any associated documentation.

Examples

Typical examples of the data component retirement activity include:

• Retire a single data component.
• Retire multiple related data components.

Preconditions

Data component retirement typically may begin when the following conditions hold:

• A data component has been selected for retirement.
• The retirement team is initially staffed and adequately trained in the relevant retirement tasks.

Completion Criteria

Data component retirement is typically complete when the following conditions hold:

• The data component is no longer in use.
• The associated documentation has been retired (e.g., archived or properly disposed of).

Tasks

Data component retirement typically involves the following teams performing the following retirement tasks in an iterative, incremental, parallel, and time-boxed manner:

• Retirement Team:
  • Retirement Planning
  • Retirement Notification
  • Operations Termination
  • Component Archival
  • Component Disposal
  • Documentation Archival
  • Documentation Disposal

Environments

Data component retirement is typically performed using the following environment(s) and associated tools:

• Production Environment:
  • Documentation Tools
  • Configuration Management Tools

Work Products

Data component retirement typically results in the production of the following work products:

• Data Component Retirement Plan
• Data Component Retirement Notification

Phases

Data component retirement tasks are typically performed during the following phases:

• Business Strategy: Not Applicable
• Business Optimization: Completed
• Initiation: Not Applicable
• Construction: Not Applicable
• Delivery: Not Applicable
• Usage: Not Applicable
• Retirement: Completed

Guidelines

• TBD