Life cycle templates
define the milestones that you use to track the modeling and deployment
processes for a project version. Each milestone consists of one or
more life cycle tasks. Milestones for the simple life cycle template
might include
Development,
Test,
Production,
and
Retire. The milestone tasks for this
template describe the sequential steps to develop, assess, deploy,
and retire scoring models that are based on time requirements and
model performance. As a practical minimum, the life cycle template
that you use should include at least two milestones: Development and
Production.
You select the life
cycle template when you create a version. Authorized users update
the life cycle to indicate whether milestone tasks have been started,
completed, or approved. The configuration of a life cycle template
determines who can update the status of a life cycle milestone. Precedence
rules among successive milestones ensure that milestone tasks are
not completed out of sequence. SAS Model Manager documents the dates,
times, and individuals who are associated with individual life cycle
tasks and milestone status changes.
These are some tasks
that you might perform to monitor the life cycle of a model:
For information about
users and groups who can update the
Status property
of a task,
see Participant Roles.