plan-a-contract-handoff

name	plan-a-contract-handoff
category	start
description	Translate an approved contract into owned operational duties, controls, and milestones. Use when a signed agreement must move from negotiation into delivery without losing obligations.

plan-a-contract-handoff

Procedure

1. Confirm the executed version, effective date, scope, and authorized readers.
2. Extract deliverables, dependencies, service levels, notices, approvals, reporting, payment, renewal, and exit duties.
3. Have qualified owners resolve ambiguous or legally sensitive interpretations.
4. Map each operational obligation to an owner, evidence source, due date, backup, and escalation path.
5. Add implementation milestones, acceptance criteria, access needs, and data-transfer controls.
6. Create calendars for notice windows, reviews, price changes, certifications, and renewal decisions.
7. Rehearse a missed deliverable, disputed acceptance, security event, and owner absence.
8. Obtain supplier and internal acknowledgement of the operating plan.

Guardrails

• Do not treat an operational summary as a replacement for the executed agreement.
• Never assign obligations to teams that have not accepted ownership and capacity.
• Protect confidential terms and personal data according to access rules.

Done

• A contract-obligation register names owners, dates, evidence, and escalations
• An accepted implementation plan covers delivery, controls, reporting, renewal, and exit
• Handoff acknowledgement and the first review date are recorded