Hardware Component Retirement

Definition

Hardware component retirement is the retirement subactivity consisting of the cohesive collection of all tasks that are primarily performed to retire a hardware component from service.

Goals

The typical goals of hardware component retirement are to:

• Take the hardware component out of service.

Objectives

The typical objectives of hardware component retirement are to:

• Cease hardware component usage in an orderly manner.
• Retire any associated documentation.

Examples

Typical examples of the hardware component retirement activity include:

• Retire a single hardware component.
• Retire multiple related hardware components.

Preconditions

Hardware component retirement typically may begin when the following conditions hold:

• A hardware component has been selected for retirement.
• The retirement team is initially staffed and adequately trained in the relevant retirement tasks.

Completion Criteria

Hardware component retirement is typically complete when the following conditions hold:

• The hardware component is no longer in use.
• The associated documentation has been retired (e.g., archived or properly disposed of).

Tasks

Hardware component retirement typically involves the following teams performing the following retirement tasks in an iterative, incremental, parallel, and time-boxed manner:

• Retirement Team:
  • Retirement Planning
  • Retirement Notification
  • Operations Termination
  • Component Archival
  • Component Disposal
  • Documentation Archival
  • Documentation Disposal

Environments

Hardware component retirement is typically performed using the following environment(s) and associated tools:

• Production Environment:
  • Documentation Tools
  • Configuration Management Tools

Work Products

Hardware component retirement typically results in the production of the following work products:

• Hardware Component Retirement Plan
• Hardware Component Retirement Notification

Phases

Hardware component retirement tasks are typically performed during the following phases:

• Business Strategy: Not Applicable
• Business Optimization: Completed
• Initiation: Not Applicable
• Construction: Not Applicable
• Delivery: Not Applicable
• Usage: Not Applicable
• Retirement: Completed

Guidelines

• TBD