Lifecycle Process Features and Functions
Lifecycle processes manage the transition of an item, design or other object through the design and development processes. More formal stage-gate processes may be used, and are covered independently in the product development category.
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- Provide state-based, project-based and event-based lifecycle management
- Provide a sequence of user-defined states for a product lifecycle
- Associate different lifecycles to different object types
- System provides a template for product lifecycle states
- Provide requirements and review process for promotion to another state
- Display iconic, graphical view of object lifecycle and state
- Allow state changes to be guided by formal review/approval processes
- Allow authorized users to manually change the state of an object
- Predefined process template for APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) process
- Predefined process template for 6 Sigma process
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Routing, Approval, and Lifecycle Process Features and Functions
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