Services Product GA Lifecycle

After a Services Product has gone through the initial release process (governed by the Services Product lifecycle), its governance is transferred to the Services Product GA (General Availability) policy to manage it while it is available for general use.

The Services Product GA lifecycle includes these states:

This page discusses:

General Availability

In the General Availability state, the Services Product, and its Services Items, are available for sale. The Services Product can be referenced by other products. At this point, the only actions that can be taken for the Services Product are to promote it to Obsolete, move it to General Availability, or revise it. Reference documents can be connected to the Services Product.

Obsolete

In the Obsolete state, the services product cannot be sold. The only action that can be taken for the Services Product is to revise it.