# Lifecycle Management

## How to Create a Lifecycle with Transition Steps

| ### What to do:
| It is recommended to prepare an internal analysis of your business processes since this is the best way to determine the states and transition steps which are required to be created.
| Select Manager > Lifecycles > Lifecycles. The Lifecycle mask is opened.
| To change to insert mode click .
| In the Name field enter DOCU-Example as the name of the new lifecycle.
| The name of the lifecycle must be unique.
| In the Description field enter Release Procedure.
| To save the entry click .
| On the Transitions tab click to change to insert mode.
| In the From column select 110 | In Work from the selection menu.
| In the To column select 120 | In Approval from the selection menu.
| In the Group column select 1000 | Manager Group.
| The Group settings define the person/group that is authorized to perform a transition step! Every single transition step can be assigned to a different person/group.
| Repeat the steps 6 to 9 to add further transition steps to the lifecycle.
| As an example, the lifecycle of DOCU-Example may comprise the following transition steps:
| It is not possible to insert an entry to the Phase column of the Transitions tab manually. An entry will be set automatically if a phase was selected on the Progress Indicators tab of the Lifecycles Lookup Values mask (Manager > Lifecycles > Lookup Values).