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Analytics Lifecycle

Why This Exists

This document defines lifecycle states for Analytics Domain records.

Owner

The owner is the Chief Product Officer and Enterprise Architect.

Business Value

Lifecycle definitions keep KPIs, dashboards, reports, snapshots, insights, and CEO briefings governable over time.

KPI Definition Lifecycle

State Meaning
Draft KPI is being designed.
Review KPI is awaiting approval.
Approved KPI can be used in dashboards and reports.
Deprecated KPI is replaced but retained for history.
Archived KPI is no longer active.

Dashboard Lifecycle

State Meaning
Draft Dashboard is being configured.
Review Dashboard is being checked for audience, data, and quality.
Published Dashboard is available to users.
Revised Dashboard is being updated.
Archived Dashboard is no longer active.

Insight Lifecycle

State Meaning
Detected Pattern or metric movement has been identified.
Created Insight record has been created.
Reviewed Insight has been reviewed by policy or human reviewer.
Accepted Insight is accepted as relevant.
Dismissed Insight is not relevant or not actionable.
Resolved Action was taken or issue closed.
Archived Insight is retained for history.
stateDiagram-v2
    [*] --> Detected
    Detected --> Created
    Created --> Reviewed
    Reviewed --> Accepted
    Reviewed --> Dismissed
    Accepted --> Resolved
    Dismissed --> Archived
    Resolved --> Archived
    Archived --> [*]

CEO Briefing Lifecycle

State Meaning
Requested Briefing was requested by schedule or user.
Prepared Analytics assembled summaries and insights.
Reviewed Briefing is checked for quality and evidence.
Published Briefing is available to intended audience.
Archived Briefing is retained as an executive record.

Snapshot Lifecycle

Metric snapshots are created, validated, published to reporting views, and retained. Historical snapshots should be immutable except for correction records.