Release Plan / Charter (Pragmatic Framework: Roadmap → Release)

The roadmap drives the release plan. A roadmap is a plan, not a commitment; a release charter is a signed agreement of what will be delivered. See ../pm-copilot/references/framework.md.

MVP, done right: "the version of a new product that allows a team to collect the maximum validated learning with the least effort." An MVP is not the smallest collection of features — it must be a real product that viably solves the customer's top problems from day one. Calling a finished "V1.0" an MVP is a waterfall relapse.

Core methods

Group requirements into Themes. A theme groups prioritized problems that share a persona, a product goal, a technical decision, a strategy, roadmap alignment, or a target metric. Themes make a release remarkable and coherent.

Rule: Deliver 100% of something, not 70% of everything.