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Step 1 of 3What are you trying to deliver?
Relaunch the company website with a clearer pricing page before the funding round in November. Budget £8,000, and the founders sign off the design.
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Relaunch the company website

4 phases · 27 tasks · target 15 Nov · built from your description

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Phases4
Tasks27
Required19
Target15 Nov
Est. cost£8,000

1 · Discovery5 tasks

Audit current site analytics
Ask sales which pricing questions come up
Review competitor pricing pages
+ 2 more

2 · Design7 tasks

Test three pricing-page variants
Get the founders’ sign-off on the designWaiting on 1 task
Write copy for every page
+ 4 more

3 · Build6 tasks

Build the page templates34 days of work
Migrate the blog content
Accessibility QAWaiting on the templates
+ 3 more

4 · Launch9 tasks

Set up analytics on the new pages
Flip DNS and go liveWaiting on 2 tasks
Second legal reviewOnly if prices change
+ 6 more

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  • CLOSEClose tasks
  • ADDCreate tasks
  • MOVEMove dates
  • BUDGETShift budget
  • EDITReorder the plan
  • FACTRecord decisions
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What has to happen before we can go live?
Answered by Harold · AI-generated
Two things: the new VAT wording, which is ready now and due 2 Oct, and the editor’s approval of all copy, due 6 Nov. Both are on schedule, so 15 Nov still holds.

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Website relaunch plan.xlsxUpdated by hand
TaskDueStatus
Test three pricing-page variants22 AugDone
Write copy for every page5 SepDone
Legal review of the pricing page16 SepDone
Missing: Rewrite the VAT wording
Brief the dev agency19 SepDone
Build the page templatesWhich variant? Decided by email25 SepTo do
Accessibility QA20 OctTo do
Missing: Editor approval for all copy
Flip DNS and go live15 NovTo do
Spent to date£1,800£650 invoice not recorded
2 tasks missing · 2 dates wrong · £650 not recorded · 1 decision lost in email
Relaunch the company websiteKept true by your notes
44%
Target15 Nov
Budget left£5,550
DECISIONPricing page uses variant B
Test three pricing-page variants
Done 25 Aug
Required
Write copy for every page
Done 12 Sep
Required
Legal review of the pricing page
Done 19 Sep
Required
Rewrite the VAT wordingFrom your note · 19 Sep
Due 2 Oct
Required
Brief the dev agency
Done 26 Sep
Required
Build the page templates
25 Sep 6 Oct
RequiredPricing: variant B
Accessibility QA
20 Oct 27 Oct
Required
Get editor approval for all copyFrom your note · 12 Sep
Due 6 Nov
Required
Flip DNS and go live
Due 15 Nov
RequiredWaiting on 2 tasks
Up to date · 9 changes from 4 notes, each one approved by you
26 Sep
Completion note on Brief the dev agencyAgency can’t start the templates until 6 Oct.
2 changes accepted
4 Aug · plan written28 Sep · today

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Is the £8,000 a hard ceiling?

Yes, it's a hard ceiling Change

Who has to approve the site before it goes live?

Why: approvals add tasks, and fix the order of the last phase.

FoundersMarketingAn editorNot sure
Does anything outside your team have to happen first?

Why: outside dependencies are the usual reason a launch date slips.

A dev agency builds the templates↵

Everything you check on a Monday morning, already current.

Timeline with the chain that matters

Harold follows the dependencies and tells you how much slack is really left.

38 days of work on the chain that matters, and 48 days until 15 Nov.

PHASE
SEPOCTNOVDEC
3 · Build
Rewrite the VAT wording
Build the page templates
34d
Migrate the blog content
Accessibility QA
4 · Launch
Get editor approval for all copy
Flip DNS and go live

A brief that tells you what slipped

Late work rises to the top. Everything else keeps its place.

YOUR BRIEF3 dates have slipped.

They rise to the top of your list, and everything else keeps its place.

Set up analytics on the new pagesOverdue 1 day
Sign the agency's statement of workOverdue 3 days

What has to happen, apart from what's advised

Required, recommended, optional and conditional work never blur together.

Required 4 open
Rewrite the VAT wordingReady now
Build the page templates
Phase 3Due 6 Oct
Recommended 1 open
Migrate the blog contentReady now
Conditional 0 open
Enters the plan only if its trigger fires.

Budget that follows the invoices

Costs you mention in a note are recorded against the ceiling.

Spent£2,450
Left£5,550
  • Design sprint£1,800
  • Legal review · from your note£650

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You tick off a task and add a line

Legal review of the pricing page
Done 19 Sep
Required
Completion note · 19 Sep“Legal signed off the layout, but the VAT wording has to change. Their invoice was £650.”
Three things your note changes
ADD
Rewrite the VAT wording on the pricing pageRequired · due 2 Oct
BUDGET
£650 spent on the legal review£5,550 left of £8,000
EDIT
Going live now waits on the new wording15 Nov still holds

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