Launch Delay from Sparse Meeting Notes

DECISION LOG ENTRY

**Decision ID**: DEC-2025-1203
**Date**: 2025-12-03
**Decision**: Delay Q4 Launch by 2 Weeks

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**DECISION SUMMARY**:
Q4 product launch postponed by 2 weeks due to unresolved bugs and readiness concerns.

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**DECISION MAKER(S)**:
- Primary: Team vote (majority consensus)
- Dissenting: Sarah (disagreed but aligned with consensus)

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**RATIONALE**:
Launch readiness assessment identified critical gaps requiring additional time:

1. **Quality concerns**: Too many bugs remaining in codebase
2. **Team readiness**: Overall team assessment concluded not ready to launch
3. **Risk mitigation**: 2-week delay allows time to address quality issues before customer exposure

Team voted to prioritize launch quality over original timeline.

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**ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED**:

**Option A: Launch on Original Q4 Schedule**
- Risk: HIGH - Launch with known bugs, potential customer impact
- Sarah's position: [To be filled: Sarah's rationale for launching on time]
- Decision: REJECTED by team vote - Quality concerns outweighed timeline pressure

**Option B: Delay Launch by 2 Weeks (SELECTED)**
- Timeline: 2-week postponement
- Benefit: Additional time to address bugs, improve launch readiness
- Tradeoff: Q4 timeline miss
- Decision: SELECTED - Team consensus prioritized quality

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**EXPECTED IMPACT**:

**Timeline:**
- Q4 launch date: Delayed 2 weeks
- [To be filled: New launch date]

**Customer:**
- [To be filled: Impact on customer commitments, expectations]

**Internal:**
- Engineering: 2 additional weeks for bug fixes
- [To be filled: Impact on other teams/projects]

**Financial:**
- [To be filled: Revenue impact from 2-week delay]

**Strategic:**
- Prioritizes launch quality over speed
- [To be filled: Market positioning impact]

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**SUCCESS CRITERIA**:
1. [To be filled: Specific bug count/severity threshold for launch readiness]
2. Launch occurs within 2-week extension window
3. [To be filled: Post-launch quality metrics]
4. [To be filled: Customer satisfaction metrics]

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**REVIEW DATE**: [To be filled: Date 1 week before new launch date for go/no-go assessment]

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**RELATED DOCUMENTS**:
- Bug tracking report: [To be filled: link]
- Original Q4 launch plan: [To be filled: link]
- Launch readiness assessment: [To be filled: link]

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**TAGS**: #launch-timeline #Q4-2025 #quality #bugs #consensus-decision

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**STATUS**: APPROVED (2-week delay implemented)

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**NOTES**:
- Sarah dissented but aligned with team consensus - [To be filled: capture Sarah's concerns for future reference]
- [To be filled: Specific bug categories/issues driving delay]
- [To be filled: Communication plan for stakeholders]