Brand & design · Planning worksheet

Acquisition branding: verify the transition facts

Illustrative situation

A newly acquired service changes its visual identity before public information about the provider is coordinated.

The decision

Plan brand changes alongside verified ownership, contact and service information. The responsible business advisers should confirm disclosures; design should communicate the agreed facts consistently.

Rehearse this before accepting the change

Follow an old service link through the proposed transition.

Use fictional examples and an authorised test environment. Record what happened, the evidence you inspected and any issue that still needs a responsible owner.

Choose a useful measure

Track conflicting provider or contact information.

Agree the definition and baseline with the team doing the work. Review the result over a comparable period and note other changes that could affect it.

Your planning worksheet

Use these checks to prepare a discussion with your team or supplier. Tick a check when you have recorded the decision or evidence, rather than when a feature has simply been promised.

Decisions to record

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Further reading

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