lifecycles
Birth-to-death progressions
The plural of lifecycle.
A lifecycle is the series of stages an organism, product, or system passes through from beginning to end: the lifecycle of a butterfly, software development lifecycles.
In business, product lifecycles track introduction, growth, maturity, and decline.
Also spelled as two words: life cycles.
Coming into the world
- growthIncrease in size
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- reproductionCopying or procreation
- deathCessation of life
metamorphosis · larva · pupa · embryo · juvenile · adult · senescence · molting
Progress toward maturity
introduction · adoption · obsolescence · iteration · prototype · release · discontinuation · innovation
Life-sustaining substance
- carbonSixth element, atomic symbol C
- nitrogenElement seven, colorless gas
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
predator · prey · succession · biomass · recycling · producers · consumers · decomposers
Formal admission ceremony
- planningArranging for future events
- executionCompleting a planned task
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- milestonesNotable points of progress
deliverables · stakeholders · phases · timeline · budget · scope · resources · completion
Organized distribution of resources
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- updatesNewly provided information
- patchesPieces sewn over holes
- versioningTracking successive iterations
agile · sprint · beta · alpha · release · debugging · deprecation · refactoring
birth
Coming into the world
- growthIncrease in size
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- reproductionCopying or procreation
death · metamorphosis · larva · pupa · embryo · juvenile · adult · senescence · molting · spawning
development
Progress toward maturity
decline · introduction · adoption · obsolescence · iteration · prototype · release · discontinuation · innovation · saturation
nutrient
Life-sustaining substance
- carbonSixth element, atomic symbol C
- nitrogenElement seven, colorless gas
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
ecosystem · predator · prey · succession · biomass · recycling · producers · consumers · decomposers · trophic
initiation
Formal admission ceremony
- planningArranging for future events
- executionCompleting a planned task
- closureSense of emotional resolution
milestones · deliverables · stakeholders · phases · timeline · budget · scope · resources · completion · review
deployment
Organized distribution of resources
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- updatesNewly provided information
- patchesPieces sewn over holes
versioning · agile · sprint · beta · alpha · release · debugging · deprecation · refactoring · legacy
lifecyclesstasis
State of inactivity
permanence · immutability · fixedness · unchangingness · timelessness
lifecycleslinear progression
Movement in one direction only
endpoints · finality · dead ends · extinction