Operations template

New product introduction gates template

Take a new product from concept to full-rate production through gates, with what must be true before each one is passed.

Free · Editable · Works with Claude and ChatGPT · Also in Product, Planning

Preview of the New product introduction gates template: its layout as it lands on the board
The template as it lands on your board, drawn from the template itself. Every part is editable.

How to use the New product introduction gates template

  1. Start a board from it

    Use this template opens a new Freero board with the New product introduction gates template on it (sign up free first). On a board you already have, open Templates in the toolbar and search for “New product introduction gates”.

  2. Follow the instruction on the board

    “Agree the gate criteria up front. At each review, check evidence against them; a gate passed with open items needs owners and dates.”

  3. Fill in each part

    • Concept Gate 1 · Jan
    • Design Gate 2 · Mar
    • Prototype build Gate 3 · May
    • Pilot run Gate 4 · Jul
    • Ramp-up Gate 5 · Sep
  4. Bring your team and your agents

    Invite people to the board or share a link, and work on it together live. The timer is in the top bar, private mode and voting in the board menu, and Claude or ChatGPT can join through Freero’s MCP server.

Use this template

Work on it with an AI agent

Connect an assistant once and it works on the board with you, with your permissions: by default it reads and proposes, and people decide.

  1. You ask: “Fill in the New product introduction gates board from these notes.”

    What happens It reads the board, then proposes sticky notes for it. Nothing changes until someone on the board accepts them.

  2. You ask: “Group what we wrote into themes and list the actions.”

    What happens It proposes clusters with a title each and task cards for the actions, labelled with its name and yours.

Set it up for Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client.

Bring your team and your agents to one board

Free to use, open source, and yours to host. No credit card, no seat count.