<!-- Lifecycle pricing plan · from Chapter 12 of The Product 360 Handbook -->

# Lifecycle pricing plan · [Product or portfolio] · [Date]

**Owner:** [PM]   **Partners:** pricing or monetization, finance, sales, customer success

| Product or capability | Stage (intro / growth / maturity / decline) | Evidence for stage | Pricing objective | Price relative to EVC | Packaging and value metric | Discount guardrails | Trigger for next stage | Customer communication | Risks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | | | | | | | | |

## Launch choice (introduction stage only)
- Skimming / penetration / market-based, and why:
- How buyer uncertainty is reduced (pilot, guarantee, minimum, credits):

## Decline and sunset (decline stage only)
- Price for the remaining base:
- Migration offer toward the successor:
- End-of-life date and notice period:
- Contract commitments to honor:

## Review
Review at each quarterly business review, and whenever a stage trigger fires.
