Product Lifecycle Model
Define the stages, gates and artefacts that govern product delivery from ideation through to transition.
Products Without Lifecycle Governance Drift
Without a defined lifecycle model, products receive investment indefinitely without clear gates, accumulate technical debt without accountability and fail to transition cleanly to operations. Clavon's product lifecycle framework structures the entire journey from ideation through to handover.
ScopeWhat the Product Lifecycle Model Covers
Define stages: Ideation, Feasibility & Discovery, MVP Build, Production Build, Scale & Optimise, Transition
Specify outputs for each stage: problem statements, prototypes, release notes
Establish decision gates, success metrics and investment triggers
Connect product lifecycle to architecture patterns, QA standards, DevOps pipelines and compliance
Provide clear team roles, responsibilities and cross-functional collaboration points
Lifecycle Phases
Ideation to MVP
Feasibility, discovery and MVP build stages with defined success metrics and investment gates
Production to Scale
Production build, scale and optimise stages with QA, compliance and DevOps requirements
Transition
Structured handover or spin-off with documented artefacts, runbooks and knowledge transfer
Deliverables
Product lifecycle roadmap with milestones and artefact checklist
Stage gate criteria and performance indicators
Transition plan to handover or spin-off