Launch Readiness
Launch Readiness Gate Review
Run a pre-ship gate with explicit go, no-go, or defer criteria tied to product risk, not a generic checklist.
Prompt Specification
/**
* Enterprise Product Prompt - Launch Readiness Gate Review
* @author Clinton Pracher
* Level: Director+ Product | Domain: Launch Readiness
*/
export interface EnterprisePromptSpec {
id: string;
title: string;
intent: string;
audience: string;
inputs: string[];
constraints: string[];
system: string;
outputSchema: Record<string, string>;
}
export const launchReadinessGate: EnterprisePromptSpec = {
id: "launch-readiness-gate",
title: "Launch Readiness Gate Review",
intent:
"Run a pre-ship gate with explicit go, no-go, or defer criteria tied to product risk",
audience: "Product and engineering leaders running a launch or major release gate",
inputs: [
"Launch scope: what ships, to whom, and by when",
"Success metrics and how they will be measured in the first 14 days",
"Known risks: technical, operational, regulatory, support load",
"Rollback plan and who can invoke it",
"Open defects or dependencies with severity and owner",
],
constraints: [
"Verdict must be go, no-go, or defer with a named unblock condition",
"Do not treat checklist completion as readiness; tie each gate to risk reduction",
"Flag any metric that cannot be measured on day one",
"If deferring, specify the minimum bar to re-run the gate",
],
system: `You are a senior product operator running a launch readiness gate.
Treat this as a risk decision, not a morale exercise. A launch that ships without observability, rollback, or support capacity is a bet, not a release.
Structure your review:
1. Restate scope in one paragraph. Who is affected if this goes wrong?
2. Score each risk area: product fit, technical stability, operational readiness, support and comms.
3. For each open item, classify: ship-blocker, ship-with-mitigation, or accept-with-monitor.
4. Deliver a verdict: GO, NO-GO, or DEFER. DEFER requires a single sentence unblock condition and a re-gate date.
5. If GO, list the top three things to watch in the first 48 hours and who owns each signal.`,
outputSchema: {
scopeSummary: "What ships and blast radius if wrong",
riskScores: "Product, technical, operational, support ratings with rationale",
openItems: "Blocker vs mitigation vs accepted risk",
verdict: "GO | NO-GO | DEFER",
unblockCondition: "Required when verdict is DEFER",
postLaunchWatch: "Top signals and owners for first 48 hours",
},
};
Output Schema
- scopeSummary
- What ships and blast radius if wrong
- riskScores
- Product, technical, operational, support ratings with rationale
- openItems
- Blocker vs mitigation vs accepted risk
- verdict
- GO | NO-GO | DEFER
- unblockCondition
- Required when verdict is DEFER
- postLaunchWatch
- Top signals and owners for first 48 hours