Launch Checklist

Answer first: Launch Checklist — a practical field guide from Shriram IT Ventures for engineering and product leads who need decisions, not decks.

Context & who this is for

Teams that document trade-offs before coding waste fewer sprints when requirements shift mid-build.

Architecture decisions that age well

Prefer boring technology where the risk is operational, and reserve novelty for the actual product wedge.

Implementation checklist

Ship a thin vertical slice, measure, then widen. Big-bang rewrites rarely survive contact with production.

Failure modes we see in the wild

Skip the buzzwords. For Launch Checklist, the constraint that matters is usually data ownership, not feature count.

Measurement & rollout

Skip the buzzwords. For Launch Checklist, the constraint that matters is usually data ownership, not feature count.

Updated regularly as delivery patterns change.