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Go/No-Go

A formal decision point to proceed with or stop a planned launch change or operation based on agreed readiness criteria.

Project & ExecutionTermdecision makingintermediate

Plain English

Decide whether conditions are good enough to continue now.

In context

A go/no-go review should use explicit evidence owners risks rollback capability and authority rather than momentum or pressure alone.

Example

The release received a go decision after monitoring and rollback checks passed.

When you'll hear this

  • launch readiness
  • migration windows
  • high-risk changes

Common misunderstanding

A go decision does not eliminate risk and a no-go is not failure when readiness criteria are not met.

Also known as

go no-gogo or no-go

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