# Prepare
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**Topics**
+ [OPS 4  How do you design your workload so that you can understand its state?](ops-04.md)
+ [OPS 5  How do you reduce defects, ease remediation, and improve flow into production?](ops-05.md)
+ [OPS 6  How do you mitigate deployment risks?](ops-06.md)
+ [OPS 7  How do you know that you are ready to support a workload?](ops-07.md)