# Creating a launch plan
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Before you provision a product, AWS Service Catalog enables you to create a launch plan. The plan is a list of resource changes AWS Service Catalog will apply to the provisioned product. You can view planned resource changes and execute them when the plan is complete. You can delete, modify, or execute a launch plan. 

Creating a plan to provision a product is optional. Once you create a plan, you won't be able to execute any actions until the plan is complete.

**To create a launch plan**

1. In the left navigation menu, choose **Product**.

1. In **Products**, choose a product and then **Launch product**.

1. In **Provisioned product name**, enter or generate a name.

1. In **Product versions**, choose a version of the product.

1. Choose or enter information in the required fields. 

   Optionally, you can create and manage tags to track resources, and send notifications to an Amazon SNS topic:
   + In **Manage tags**, enter values in the **Key** and **Value** fields to create custom tags. Then choose **Add new item**. To remove tags, choose **Remove**.
   + In **Enable event notifications**, choose the **Enable** box under **Event notifications**. To create an Amazon SNS topic, choose one of the following: 
     + **Create a topic**. Enter a name for the topic.
     + **Choose a topic from your account**. In **Topic name**, choose a name.
     + **Choose a topic from another account**. In **Topic** **ARN**, enter the ARN for the topic.

1. Choose **Create plan**.
**Note**  
You can choose to cancel and not create a plan. If you proceed, you see a list of changes AWS Service Catalog will apply to the provisioned product. You’ll be able to review the changes before you execute them. To create the plan, confirm your choice and choose **Create plan** again.

1. After the plan is complete, you see **Planned resource changes**. It contains the list of changes to apply to the provisioned product. From here you can delete, modify, or execute the plan.
   + When you delete the plan, a deletion box appears. Enter **delete** and choose **Delete**.
   + When you modify the plan, the **Modify plan** page appears. You can change the product version and any of the required or optional parameters. Then choose **Update**. You can see your updated changes in **Planned resource changes**.
   + When you execute the plan, AWS Service Catalog executes the provisioned product with the planned resource changes. 
**Note**  
If your plan fails to create, you can delete or modify the plan and create it again. When you delete a plan, it deletes any provisioned product that has yet to be fully provisioned. This deletion does not terminate any previously provisioned products.