Handoff Glossary Definition

Handoff is a DevOps flow or value-stream concept used to understand how work moves from idea to delivery and where delay, waste, or constraint limits outcomes.

Handoff is a Telecommunications wireless concept used to provide radio, cellular, mobile, or fixed wireless service across licensed or shared spectrum.

Product owners, delivery teams, and technology leaders use this concept to find bottlenecks, reduce queues, and improve the path from business need to working service.

Related concepts include DevOps, Value Stream, Lead Time and Cycle Time.

Additional Resource: DORA: The Four Key Metrics.

Wireless engineers use this concept when planning coverage, capacity, handover behavior, roaming, spectrum use, and radio access network performance.

Related concepts include Telecommunications and Base Station.

Additional Resource: 3GPP Technologies.