EOL: End-of-Life and Retirement
Document Type
Code: EOL
Name: End-of-Life and Retirement
Domain: Product & Service
Abstract
This specification defines the End-of-Life and Retirement document type within the BSpec 1.0 Universal Business Specification Standard. It governs product/service deprecation, support transitions, and migration obligations.
Purpose and Scope
End-of-Life and Retirement manages planned retirement of products/services, including customer communication, migration strategy, and sunset operations across support, compliance, and security.
Document Metadata Schema
yaml
---
id: EOL-{product-service}
title: "End-of-Life Plan — [Product or Service Name]"
type: EOL
status: Draft|Review|Approved|Active|Deprecated
attribution_required: false
version: 1.0.0
owner: Product-Management|Support|Engineering
stakeholders: [product-team, customer-success, support, security, legal]
domain: product-service
priority: High|Medium|Low
horizon: tactical
visibility: internal
depends_on: [ROD-*,PRD-*,SVC-*]
enables: [SUP-*,REQ-*,SEC-*]
deprecation_type: minor|major|platform|category
sunset_horizon: [60|90|120|custom] # days
migration_paths: [manual|assisted|automated|parallel]
support_tiers: [L1|L2|L3]
review_cycle: quarterly
---Lifecycle Design
- Lifecycle Trigger: Criteria for initiating retirement planning.
- Impact Surface: Customers, contracts, integrations, and reporting obligations.
- Migration Plan: Transition milestones, migration support, and fallback paths.
- Communication Plan: Multi-channel communication by audience.
Operational Controls
- Parallel Support: Overlap period and deactivation rules.
- Security and Data Retention: Retention, deletion, and compliance alignment.
- Support Exit Criteria: Known issue handling and closure rules.
- Post-EOL Review: Lessons and template reuse.
Validation Checklist
- [ ] End-of-life decision rationale is explicitly documented.
- [ ] Customer impact and migration commitments are quantified.
- [ ] Support and security handoffs are complete.
- [ ] Closure conditions are defined and executable.