You have a major release scheduled. You have prepared a comprehensive plan, including contingencies, back-out routes, and go/no-go decision points. Yet, despite all your preparations, it all ends in disaster. You could even see the disaster approaching but were unable to prevent it. Instead, you watched in fascinated horror as unfolding events sucked you and your release into calamity. Release disasters are mostly avoidable. Decision-makers usually have ample information available prior to the go/no-go decision point to show their current plan is no longer viable. They also possess a workable back-out plan and the means to implement it. Yet despite…....