Tech, Product & Agile Jargon · Vice President level

"Sunset"

"Sunset" means to discontinue or phase out a product, feature, or service, typically on a planned timeline rather than all at once.

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How "Sunset" shows up at work

A gentle word for killing something. Tech teams use it because 'kill' and 'discontinue' make users upset. The product gets a sunset; the users get a migration guide and a 90-day countdown.

Buzzword

We've decided to sunset the legacy API at the end of Q3.

Plain English

We've decided to phase out the legacy API at the end of Q3.

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