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Handover Documentation Clients Should Demand from Agencies

If it only lives in a chat thread, you do not own the project.

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When agencies disappear, undocumented Laravel or WordPress projects become liabilities. This article is a demand list we also apply to ourselves. IMRAN AHMED MOSHIO includes handover packs as standard on web engagements from Dhanmondi.

  • Staging URL and how it differs from production.
  • Deploy steps a second engineer could follow.
  • Credential ownership list: who holds domain, host, repository, Business Manager, and app stores.
  • Backup schedule and restore test date — a backup that was never restored is a rumour.
  • Support window: what is included, what is billable, and how to open a ticket.

Demand this at acceptance, not after the relationship sours. If a vendor will not write it down, that is the finding.

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