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Release with evidence, not guesswork.

Improve release quality with phase-gate release management. Connect every release to the customer needs it addresses, close the loop with the customers who asked, and always know the state of a release.

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The problem

Release is an afterthought.

Release communication is disconnected from the customer evidence and product decisions behind the work. Customers have to pull release information and hunt for what they care about, and the loop never closes.

01

Changes are hard to find

There's no reliable way to automatically identify what changed in a release.

02

The why goes missing

Release notes say what shipped, but not why it matters or to whom.

03

The loop stays open

Customers and internal users who asked for the work rarely hear that it was delivered.

The approach

Gate every phase. Connect every release to its reasons.

Release Intelligence connects releases to the customer needs, personas, and feature decisions behind them. Releases move through phases only when their gates pass, release notes are generated from the evidence, and the people who asked for the work are told it shipped.

BEFORE
  • Release notes merely tell teams what is shipping
  • Little rigor or visibility around releases
  • Writing release notes is a chore that never reaches customers
AFTER
  • Release scope connects back to the needs, requests, personas, and evidence that justified the work
  • Phase gates keep quality high and the state of every release visible
  • Customers hear about the features they care about
PRIMARY OUTCOMES
→Release with evidence, not guesswork
→Show the why behind every release
→Turn shipped features into customer value
Capabilities

Control the release. Close the loop.

Phase-gate release management

Every release follows the phases you define. Gates check conditions before a release can advance, and only release managers can promote a phase or override a failed gate, with a recorded reason.

Release Workbench

One view of a release: the current phase, days left, the latest gate results, a timeline of phases and milestones, and the release notes.

Release Calendar

Phases and milestones for every active release on one calendar, filtered to the releases you care about.

AI AGENT

Release Notes Agent

Connects release scope back to the customer needs, feature requests, personas, and evidence behind it, and writes release notes from them.

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AI AGENT

Release Manager Agent

Tracks phase gates and release state, and flags a release in jeopardy before it slips.

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PLANMax
PRICINGPer instance, per year
USERSUnlimited
AI AGENTS INCLUDEDRelease Notes Agent · Release Manager Agent
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Further reading

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