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Life Cycle Administration
Business information and objects become more mature throughout the product development cycle. During this cycle, circumstances change, such as who can access data, what processes are related, and where an object can mature to next.
Life cycles define the way in which business objects mature, providing a model for the commercialization process.
A Windchill user in the life cycle administrator role can create a variety of life cycles. These life cycles define the states and transitions associated with various business objects and the available transitions between those states.
The following sections provide information on using life cycles with Windchill:
Life Cycle Management
• Conceptual information about how life cycles are used in Windchill.
• Information about common life cycle-associated tasks for administrators.
Life Cycle Template Administration Utility
Information about working with the Life Cycle Template Administration utility.
Life Cycle Template Editor
Information about viewing and modifying life cycle templates. The template editor is launched from the Life Cycle Template Administration utility.
Associate Life Cycles with Objects
Information on how to configure Windchill objects to use a specific life cycle template.