Release Plan vs Launch Plan

This is a term often used in relation to the Product Roadmap. The Product roadmap provides a broad-stroke longer-term view of major projects and initiatives the team will tackle, the release plan takes a slice of that (either a specific project or a time slice such as a quarter) and breaks it down to inform specific dependencies and milestones. The release plan is an internally focused plan that focused entirely on the delivery of a feature or project. A Release Plan is informed by Product but ultimately owned by the technical team doing the work or a Program Manager working with the tech team.