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Lead & Change

Communication Plan for Releases

Plan every message a release needs, who hears what, through which channel and when, so nobody is surprised.

What’s inside

  • Read Me. How to work through audiences.
  • Plan. One row per message with audience, content, channel, timing, owner and status.
  • Lead times. How far ahead to send each kind of message.

How to use it

  1. Fill in the release header.
  2. Add one row per message, working through audiences top to bottom.
  3. Check timings against the Lead times tab.
  4. Move each message from Draft to Reviewed to Sent.

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Status Report

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