SLO and error-budget engineering topics
12 short topics in Observability SRE and Production Operations. Each one is a single focused exercise with a clear piece of evidence at the end.
12 topics, one exercise each.
Work through them in order, or jump to the one you need.
These are draft topic outlines (draft; instructor review pending). Full lessons follow after review; ask Ajay if you need a topic sooner.
- 01
Incident signal intake
Produce a SLO and error-budget engineering design applying incident signal intake; justify a tradeoff and define review criteria. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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Severity and priority classification
Produce a SLO and error-budget engineering design applying severity and priority classification; justify a tradeoff and define review criteria. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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Service ownership and routing
Produce a SLO and error-budget engineering design applying service ownership and routing; justify a tradeoff and define review criteria. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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Escalation policy
Produce a SLO and error-budget engineering design applying escalation policy; justify a tradeoff and define review criteria. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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On-call handover
Produce a SLO and error-budget engineering design applying on-call handover; justify a tradeoff and define review criteria. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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Response collaboration
Produce a SLO and error-budget engineering design applying response collaboration; justify a tradeoff and define review criteria. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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Timeline and evidence capture
Produce a SLO and error-budget engineering design applying timeline and evidence capture; justify a tradeoff and define review criteria. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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Runbook integration
Produce a SLO and error-budget engineering design applying runbook integration; justify a tradeoff and define review criteria. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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Status communication
Produce a SLO and error-budget engineering design applying status communication; justify a tradeoff and define review criteria. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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Post-incident learning
Produce a SLO and error-budget engineering design applying post-incident learning; justify a tradeoff and define review criteria. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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Response metric interpretation
Produce a SLO and error-budget engineering design applying response metric interpretation; justify a tradeoff and define review criteria. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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Workflow and notification verification
Produce a SLO and error-budget engineering design applying workflow and notification verification; justify a tradeoff and define review criteria. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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