One thing that is often overlooked at this point is the activity of planning for launch management. When spacecraft are launched, a plan of tracking has been carefully prepared. The space control center implements the tracking plan, seeking to spot every glitch that comes up during launch and hoping it was anticipated so that a solution is on board, ready to use. New products managers often do the same thing, sometimes formally but often very informally The launch phase is covered in Part V, Chapters 16 through 20