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SECTION VI - PHASE 5

Lifecycle Governance: Decommission Time

Orderly retirement of agents is essential to prevent disruption, data loss, and compliance gaps. Decommission Time controls ensure graceful shutdown with proper knowledge transfer and audit preservation.

6 Control Objectives
Data Preservation
Graceful Transition

Control Objectives

DCM-01

Impact Assessment Completion

Complete comprehensive impact assessments before agent retirement to identify affected systems, users, and processes.

Primary Risk Addressed

Disruption from agent retirement

Key Metric

% retirements with impact assessment

DCM-02

Data Migration and Archival

Ensure all agent data is properly migrated or archived according to retention policies before shutdown.

Primary Risk Addressed

Data loss or compliance gaps

Key Metric

Data migration success rate

DCM-03

Knowledge Transfer Documentation

Document institutional knowledge, lessons learned, and operational insights before agent retirement to preserve organizational learning.

Primary Risk Addressed

Institutional knowledge loss

Key Metric

% retirements with knowledge transfer

DCM-04

Downstream Notification

Notify all dependent systems and stakeholders of impending agent retirement with adequate lead time for transition planning.

Primary Risk Addressed

Dependent system failures

Key Metric

Notification completion rate

DCM-05

Audit Record Preservation

Preserve all audit records, logs, and compliance evidence for retired agents according to retention requirements.

Primary Risk Addressed

Inability to investigate historical issues

Key Metric

% retirements with preserved audit trail

DCM-06

Graceful Degradation Verification

Verify that dependent systems can gracefully handle agent retirement through tested fallback paths and degradation strategies.

Primary Risk Addressed

Hard failures in dependent systems

Key Metric

Fallback path test success rate

Quick Reference

ID Objective Primary Risk Addressed Key Metric
DCM-01 Impact Assessment Completion Disruption from agent retirement % retirements with impact assessment
DCM-02 Data Migration and Archival Data loss or compliance gaps Data migration success rate
DCM-03 Knowledge Transfer Documentation Institutional knowledge loss % retirements with knowledge transfer
DCM-04 Downstream Notification Dependent system failures Notification completion rate
DCM-05 Audit Record Preservation Inability to investigate historical issues % retirements with preserved audit trail
DCM-06 Graceful Degradation Verification Hard failures in dependent systems Fallback path test success rate
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