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Website maintenance handover checklist

A website handover should make routine ownership practical. The business needs the knowledge and access to operate the site without depending on one person’s memory.

Transfer the essentials

Record domain, hosting, platform and integration owners. Provide the relevant source and documentation in an agreed location. Use role-appropriate access and avoid leaving business-critical accounts owned only by an external individual.

Put it in context

Project acceptance and handover

Track acceptance checks, review decisions and the material needed for handover.

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Explain regular operations

Document publishing, form delivery, updates, backups and support escalation. Demonstrate the tasks the team will perform most often. Include limits that protect the design and identify changes that need development support.

Confirm responsibility

Agree what launch support covers and when ongoing maintenance begins. Record unresolved issues and their owners. Finish with a practical handover check in which the receiving team performs the essential tasks successfully.

Put the guidance to work

Capture your starting point, assign an owner to the next action, and decide what evidence will confirm that it worked.

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