Lesson
AI features should not launch because the demo works once. They launch when the team understands expected behavior, failure behavior, and monitoring.
A good launch checklist includes eval thresholds, safety checks, latency targets, rollback plans, user messaging, and feedback review.
Objectives
Define release gates.
Plan fallbacks.
Create a post-launch monitoring loop.
Practice
Write five release gates for an AI feature.
Define a fallback for unavailable model or retrieval service.
Next action
Write a one-page launch plan for an AI feature.