Administration Lifecycle

Why This Exists

This document defines lifecycle states for Administration Domain records.

Owner

The owner is the Chief Product Officer and Enterprise Architect.

Business Value

Lifecycle definitions make configuration, feature flags, support cases, audit reviews, and governance decisions predictable and auditable.

Configuration Lifecycle

State	Meaning
Draft	Configuration is being prepared.
Review	Configuration is awaiting approval.
Active	Configuration is in effect.
Deprecated	Configuration has been replaced.
Archived	Configuration is retained for history.

Feature Flag Lifecycle

State	Meaning
Draft	Flag is defined but inactive.
Internal	Flag is enabled for internal use.
Beta	Flag is enabled for selected tenants or users.
Partial	Flag is enabled for a rollout segment.
General	Flag is generally available.
Emergency Off	Flag is disabled due to risk or incident.
Archived	Flag is no longer active.

stateDiagram-v2
    [*] --> Draft
    Draft --> Internal
    Internal --> Beta
    Beta --> Partial
    Partial --> General
    Internal --> EmergencyOff
    Beta --> EmergencyOff
    Partial --> EmergencyOff
    General --> EmergencyOff
    General --> Archived
    EmergencyOff --> Archived
    Archived --> [*]

Support Case Lifecycle

State	Meaning
Open	Case has been created.
Triaged	Priority and owner are assigned.
In Progress	Case is being worked.
Waiting	Case waits for customer, internal team, or source domain response.
Resolved	Resolution has been recorded.
Closed	Case is complete and archived for operations.

Audit Review Lifecycle

Audit review moves from opened to reviewing, finding recorded, resolved, and closed. The original audit evidence must remain unchanged.

Governance Decision Lifecycle

Governance decisions move from requested to reviewed, approved or rejected, active where applicable, expired or closed, and archived.