# Go-Live checklist
source: https://developer.mastercard.com/cross-border-services/documentation/experience-design-guide/prepare-for-launch/go-live-checklist/index.md

### Why a checklist? {#why-a-checklist}

We realize that the Experience Design Guide guide provides a lot of information for your teams to digest. By including a Go-Live checklist, we help you cover all your bases before launching to your customers.

## Understand {#understand}

> Get a comprehensive understanding of how the product works.  
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> **How?**   
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> Read our [Introduction](https://developer.mastercard.com/cross-border-services/documentation/experience-design-guide/index.md) section for a deeper understanding of Cross-border Services.

## Design {#design}

> Get to know the Moments that Matter or the key points in the product journey for the user.  
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> **How?**   
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> Study the highlights in the [product journey](https://developer.mastercard.com/cross-border-services/documentation/experience-design-guide/moments-that-matter/index.md).
> Familiarize yourself with our detailed user experience (UX) journeys.  
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> **How?**   
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> View the [Person-to-person UX journeys](https://developer.mastercard.com/cross-border-services/documentation/experience-design-guide/person-to-person-transfers/index.md) and [Business-to-person UX journeys](https://developer.mastercard.com/cross-border-services/documentation/experience-design-guide/business-to-person-transfers/index.md).
> Depict the Mastercard brand correctly in the experience.  
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> **How?**   
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> Familiarize yourself with our [brand implementation guide](https://www.mastercard.com/brandcenter/en/home).

## Prepare for launch {#prepare-for-launch}

> Set up your pre-market consumer testing plan.  
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> **How?**   
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> Download and review our testing plan.  
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> [Cross-Border-Services-Testing-Plan.pdf](https://static.developer.mastercard.com/content/cross-border-services/uploads/Cross-Border-Services-Testing-Plan.pdf) (53KB)

Next: [Resources](https://developer.mastercard.com/cross-border-services/documentation/response-error-codes/resources/index.md)