Why Regular Reviews Matter#

Reliability does not improve by accident. Without a structured review cadence, teams operate on vibes – “things feel okay” or “we’ve been having a lot of incidents lately.” Reliability reviews replace gut feelings with data. They surface slow-burning problems before they become outages, hold teams accountable for improvement actions, and create a shared understanding of system health across engineering and leadership.

Weekly Reliability Review#

The weekly review is a 30-minute tactical meeting focused on what happened this week and what needs attention next week. Attendees: on-call engineers, team leads, SRE. Keep it tight.