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 "schema": "aiblocks-page/1",
 "id": "business-tool-launch-checklist",
 "type": "skill",
 "name": "Business tool launch reviewer",
 "summary": "Check a business tool launch before go-live. Share your rollout plan and get a checklist, open blockers and a go or no-go record.",
 "headline": "Business tool launch reviewer",
 "subhead": "Share the business tool you are launching, the people affected and your readiness notes. It checks data, access, training, connections and rollback plans. You get an open-issue checklist, a launch-day plan and a place to record the go or no-go decision.",
 "job": {
  "id": "organise-work",
  "name": "Run meetings, notes and plans"
 },
 "level": "intermediate",
 "thinking": "medium",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-10-28",
 "first_published": "2026-10-25",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "question",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Question",
   "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like"
  },
  {
   "type": "plan",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Plan",
   "what": "a dated plan: what to do, in what order, with a decision rule for each step"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "document",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Document",
   "what": "a finished document, such as a Word file, a PDF or a page of notes"
  },
  {
   "type": "plan",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Plan",
   "what": "a dated plan: what to do, in what order, with a decision rule for each step"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "The new business tool, rollout date and affected teams.",
  "Known test results, owners, training plans and rollback options."
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "A readiness checklist with open items.",
  "A go or no-go decision record for the owner.",
  "A launch-day plan and follow-up review outline."
 ],
 "use_when": [],
 "skip_when": [
  "You are still choosing between tools: compare them first with a fit-gap matrix, since this checklist starts once you have picked one.",
  "Your team has over 100 people: use a larger go-live checklist built for mid-size or big companies.",
  "The change is small and easy to undo: skip the checklist and just tell your team."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "The name of the tool you are launching and the one it replaces",
   "Your launch date and how many people will use it",
   "Where your old data lives",
   "Who owns each part, and who can order a rollback",
   "What you have done so far on training, testing and messages (optional)"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "Completed checklist",
    "contains": "Seven sections to tick off: data, users, connections, messages, rollback, process and monitoring, with open items marked."
   },
   {
    "name": "Go/no-go decision doc",
    "contains": "A one-page record of each open item as a blocker or an accepted risk, with the final decision."
   },
   {
    "name": "Launch-day runbook",
    "contains": "Timed checks from four hours before launch to one week after."
   },
   {
    "name": "1-week retrospective",
    "contains": "A short review of what went wrong, what worked and what to change next time."
   }
  ]
 },
 "how_to_use": [
  "Gather first: the tool name, how many people use it, your launch date, where old data lives, named owners and who can order a rollback.",
  "Open Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini. Paste in the skill text from this page. No code or files are needed.",
  "Paste your gathered notes under it. Say what is done and what is not.",
  "Read the open items. Mark each one as a blocker or a risk you accept.",
  "Hold the one-hour go or no-go meeting with your project lead and system owner. Record the decision.",
  "Use the launch-day plan on the day. Book the review for two weeks after launch."
 ],
 "checks": [],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "Cross-tool status briefing writer",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/copilot-roundup",
   "why": "Cross-tool status briefing writer"
  }
 ],
 "source": {
  "by": "erphq",
  "repo": "erphq/skills",
  "url": "https://github.com/erphq/skills/tree/eaa34a70a3bcd8a82aad118d10fbb084cdc1363a/templates/01-org-under-100/go-live-checklist",
  "licence": "MIT",
  "original_name": "go-live-checklist",
  "commit": "eaa34a70a3bcd8a82aad118d10fbb084cdc1363a"
 },
 "credits": [
  {
   "title": "go-live-checklist skill",
   "by": "erphq",
   "url": "https://github.com/erphq/skills/tree/eaa34a70a3bcd8a82aad118d10fbb084cdc1363a/templates/01-org-under-100/go-live-checklist",
   "used": "Copied under the MIT licence. We gave it a plain name. We added Before you start and After this sections that link to other AI Blocks steps. We refreshed those generated sections from the catalogue inputs and next-step links."
  }
 ],
 "files": [
  "LICENSE"
 ],
 "links": {
  "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/business-tool-launch-checklist",
  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/business-tool-launch-checklist.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/business-tool-launch-checklist.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/business-tool-launch-checklist/SKILL.md",
  "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/business-tool-launch-checklist.zip",
  "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/business-tool-launch-checklist",
  "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/skill/business-tool-launch-checklist",
  "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp"
 }
}