Enterprise Ready
EnterpriseReady is a feature guide and checklist (from Replicated’s study of leading B2B SaaS) for what procurement and security teams expect before they buy. We rate it trial with Moved In: use it as a product roadmap lens when moving upmarket, not as a substitute for 12 Factor App engineering discipline or DevSecOps execution.
Blurb
Created to help people build software for the enterprise, based on a study of the 50 leading SaaS applications.
Summary
Analogy: 12 Factor App for how you sell and operate B2B software; Enterprise Ready for what enterprises ask for in the contract and admin console.
Twelve feature areas (each has guides and tear-downs on the site):
| Area | Garden links / notes |
|---|---|
| Product assortment | Plans, entitlements, usage limits |
| Single Sign-on | adopt OIDC/SAML for B2B |
| Audit logs | Admin-visible activity trail |
| RBAC | adopt role separation in product and ops |
| Change management | Admin comms for rollouts |
| Product security | DevSecOps, pen tests, secure SDLC |
| Deployment options | SaaS vs VPC / self-hosted tradeoffs |
| Team management | Orgs, invites, central directory |
| Integrations | APIs, webhooks, data export |
| Reporting and analytics | Value proof for buyers |
| SLAs | adopt measured commitments + SLOs |
| GDPR | Privacy program when EU customers matter |
When trial fits:
- First enterprise pipeline or security questionnaire
- Prioritizing backlog before SOC2-heavy sales cycles
- Aligning product, legal, and engineering on the same vocabulary
When it is not enough: checklists do not replace pen tests, contracts, or running Policy as Code on your own infra. IdP implementation still means Auth0 / FrontEgg (assess) or cloud-native identity choices.
Details
| Topic | Notes |
|---|---|
| Prioritization | Start SSO + RBAC + audit logs; add SLAs before promising five nines |
| Questionnaires | Map each ER section to evidence (architecture diagram, policies, screenshots) |
| Product vs platform | Some items are in-app features; others are how you run Software as a Service |
| Podcast / tear-downs | Use HubSpot/Slack/Google examples as design references, not copy-paste specs |
Garden pattern: trial the framework when Software as a Service goes enterprise; adopt the underlying techniques (Single Sign-on, SLAs, RBAC) as separate garden items mature.
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