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Peak readiness on Adobe Commerce: the rehearsal checklist we actually use

Seasonal peak trading or promotional events demand robust Adobe Commerce performance. This checklist outlines the critical steps for pre-event preparation, live monitoring, and post-event analysis we employ to ensure system stability and trading continuity.

Andrew Pemberton· Development Director
4 min readReviewed October 2024
"Predictable performance under stress safeguards revenue and customer trust during peak trading events."
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Andrew Pemberton, Development Director at iWeb
Andrew Pemberton
Development Director
19 years at iWeb

Andrew leads the development practice at iWeb and owns the delivery runbooks behind large commerce migrations. He writes about release governance, deployment sequencing, parallel-run strategy, and the engineering decisions that reduce operational risk during complex transformation programmes. Focused on stable delivery, observable systems, and migration approaches that avoid unnecessary disruption to trading.

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