MO-006b — Operational Lifecycle Initiation

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Statement

Crucible SHALL designate the initial Infrastructure Deployment as the first stage of the assigned Operational Lifecycle.

Derived From

This requirement derives from:

The Original Requirement states:

The system SHALL support infrastructure lifecycle management from initial deployment through retirement.[C1]

MO-006b preserves the lifecycle-initiation boundary expressed by from initial deployment in the Original Requirement by identifying the initial Infrastructure Deployment as the first stage of the assigned Operational Lifecycle.

The separate requirements derived from MO-006 address:

Assessment

The Original Requirement identifies initial deployment as the beginning of infrastructure lifecycle management but does not define the lifecycle-initiation relationship.

Without an explicit initiation boundary, an evaluator cannot reliably determine:

When the assigned Operational Lifecycle beginsWhether lifecycle management begins before, during, or after the initial Infrastructure DeploymentWhich Infrastructure Deployment constitutes the initial deploymentWhich Infrastructure Environment the initial deployment createsWhich Operational Lifecycle applies when deployment beginsWhether pre-deployment planning belongs to the Operational LifecycleWhether a redeployment creates a new Operational LifecycleThe Evidence required to demonstrate lifecycle initiationThe phrase from initial deployment embeds a separate lifecycle-initiation obligation within the broader lifecycle-management requirement.

MO-006b:

Identifies Crucible as the responsible actorIdentifies the initial Infrastructure Deployment as the lifecycle-initiation stageIdentifies the assigned Operational Lifecycle as the lifecycle being initiatedAvoids ambiguity between deployment start and deployment completion by treating the initial Infrastructure Deployment as a lifecycle stageSeparates lifecycle initiation from lifecycle assignment, current-state determination, transition execution, and Retirement

Rationale

The initial Infrastructure Deployment begins the realized lifecycle of an Infrastructure Environment.

Designating the initial Infrastructure Deployment as the first stage of the assigned Operational Lifecycle establishes a clear lifecycle boundary without requiring the lifecycle to begin at an ambiguous deployment event.

The initial Infrastructure Deployment can include:

Selection of the applicable Infrastructure BaselinePreparation of deployment inputsProvisioning of infrastructure resourcesConfiguration of infrastructure componentsApplication of security controlsApplication of compliance controlsDeployment validationEvidence generationEstablishment of the initial operational stateLifecycle initiation supports:

Consistent treatment of the initial Infrastructure DeploymentIdentification of the first lifecycle stageAssociation of deployment Evidence with the Operational LifecycleDetermination of subsequent lifecycle statesControlled execution of lifecycle transitionsReproducibility of lifecycle actionsPreservation of ProvenanceMaintenance of TraceabilityGeneration of auditable EvidencePre-deployment planning, design, approval, and preparation can precede the Operational Lifecycle of the realized Infrastructure Environment. Those activities remain governed by their applicable processes and requirements.

A subsequent deployment of the same Infrastructure Environment does not automatically create a new Operational Lifecycle. The applicable lifecycle model determines whether the deployment represents maintenance, restoration, replacement, recreation, or initiation of a new Infrastructure Environment.

This requirement does not assign the Operational Lifecycle. MO-006a establishes lifecycle assignment.

This requirement does not determine the current lifecycle state after initiation. MO-006c establishes current lifecycle state determination.

This requirement does not execute transitions following the initial stage. MO-006d establishes lifecycle transition execution.

This requirement does not establish Retirement. MO-006e establishes Infrastructure Environment Retirement.

Applies To

This requirement applies to:

Initial Infrastructure DeploymentsOperational LifecyclesOperational Lifecycle assignmentsOperational Lifecycle stagesLifecycle-initiation recordsInfrastructure BaselinesDeployment recordsDeployment PlatformsOperational environmentsSecurity profilesCompliance profilesEvidenceProvenanceTraceability

Verification

Verification confirms that:

The Infrastructure Environment is identifiedThe assigned Operational Lifecycle is identifiedThe initial Infrastructure Deployment is identifiedThe identified Infrastructure Deployment creates or first realizes the Infrastructure EnvironmentThe initial Infrastructure Deployment is designated as the first stage of the assigned Operational LifecycleThe lifecycle-initiation relationship remains associated with the Infrastructure EnvironmentThe initiation record preserves the required Evidence, Provenance, and TraceabilityVerification includes:

Infrastructure Environment inspectionOperational Lifecycle assignment inspectionInitial Infrastructure Deployment inspectionDeployment-record inspectionLifecycle-stage inspectionLifecycle-initiation record inspectionInfrastructure Environment identity inspectionSubsequent-deployment comparisonEvidence inspectionProvenance inspectionTraceability inspectionThe verification record identifies:

The Infrastructure EnvironmentThe assigned Operational LifecycleThe Operational Lifecycle identifierThe Operational Lifecycle revisionThe initial Infrastructure DeploymentThe Infrastructure Deployment identifierThe lifecycle-initiation stageThe initiation date and timeThe lifecycle-initiation recordThe authority or process responsible for the designationEach conflicting or missing initiation relationshipEach identified failure or exceptionThe observed resultThe generated Evidence

Requirements Realized By

This requirement is realized by:

Related Architecture Sections

Referenced By

The following pages reference this requirement:

Delivery Phase

Phase 1 and subsequent phases

Implementation Status

Not Assessed

Implementation status requires verification that the current Crucible implementation designates the initial Infrastructure Deployment as the first stage of the assigned Operational Lifecycle.

Requirement Status

Draft

This requirement derives from MO-006 in the Crucible System Requirements Specification, Version 1.1 Draft.

Notes for Editors

This requirement page should retain the stable requirement identifier MO-006b.

This page is a leaf requirement page and omits a trailing :start from its namespace.

Changes to the Statement should preserve the relationship between the initial Infrastructure Deployment and the first stage of the assigned Operational Lifecycle.

The lifecycle-initiation record should identify:

The Infrastructure Environment identifierThe Operational Lifecycle identifierThe Operational Lifecycle revisionThe initial Infrastructure Deployment identifierThe lifecycle-initiation stageThe initiation date and timeThe authority or process responsible for the designationThe applicable Infrastructure BaselineThe applicable Deployment PlatformThe applicable operational environmentThe associated ProvenanceThe associated TraceabilityThe supporting EvidenceMaterial changes should receive review and should update the related verification criteria, requirements realization, related architecture sections, and source records.

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