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In a governance-mode project, select Lifecycle in the project sidebar or command menu. The page brings together the project’s lifecycle stage, intake information, and risk scorecard. Lifecycle stages are not a compliance checklist. Checklists come from governance frameworks you activate and scope to projects. You complete those requirements in Governance mode; you advance stages from the Lifecycle page.

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Project details

The project hero at the top of the page shows the project name, description, and options menu. Select the project name to copy it; Openlayer confirms with Project name copied. The status row shows the lifecycle stage, risk level, owner, and tags. Use the risk level and owner controls to update those project details. Name, description, owner, and tags are project properties, not intake form fields. During project registration, they appear in a fixed Project details card before the workspace-defined intake sections.

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Lifecycle stage

The Lifecycle stage section is always above the page tabs. It shows a stage counter such as Stage 2 of 5 and the following guidance: Advance this system through its governance lifecycle as advancement criteria are met. A segmented progress bar tracks these stages: Use Expand to show the current stage’s criteria and Collapse to hide them. The section reports progress such as 2/4 criteria met. While criteria load, it shows Loading criteria…; a stage without criteria shows No criteria for this stage. When required criteria block advancement, the primary action is Complete required criteria. After you meet the criteria, the action changes to the next-stage control shown above. At Retired, the section shows Retired is the final stage. If the project has a lifecycle value from an earlier workflow, the Legacy lifecycle value banner prompts you to choose one of the current stages. Workspace admins and project access-group admins can advance projects or send them back. Other members see this tooltip on the disabled controls: Only workspace admins or project access-group admins can advance or send back projects. See Roles and permissions and Access groups.

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View lifecycle history

Select View history to open Lifecycle history. The history lists each stage Transition, Date, Actor, and Reason. Changes without a member actor show System. Before the first transition, the modal shows No lifecycle history yet.

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Send a project back

To return the project for another review, select Send back for re-review and follow the modal. This control uses the same admin permissions as lifecycle advancement.

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Advance from Intake

From Intake, the Advance to Development modal asks you to Assign an owner and Score risk.
  • If there is no owner, the modal shows No owner assigned.
  • If risk is not scored, it shows Risk has not been assessed. Use Score risk. If a score already exists, use Rescore.

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Development and Staging gates

From Development, the Advance to Staging modal lists:
  • Set up development mode — development mode, not the Development lifecycle stage
  • Push your first commit
  • Integrate system
  • Configure development tests — Add a development test / Configure tests. See Tests configuration
From Staging, the Advance to Production modal lists:
  • Set up monitoring mode — monitoring mode
  • Connect a data source
  • Connect to deployment
  • Configure monitoring tests — Add a monitoring test
These labels are the criteria in the modal. They are not the same items as a framework’s project checklist.

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Retire a project

From Production, the Retire project modal moves the project to Retired.

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Override unmet criteria

If a listed criterion is unmet, you can still continue with Override unmet criteria. Confirm I understand and want to override, enter a Reason, then choose Advance. While the request runs, the button shows Advancing…. You must provide a Reason to override.

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Intake overview

Below the lifecycle section, the page has two tabs: Intake overview and Risk. The Intake overview tab renders one card for each section in the workspace’s intake form. Use Search intake information… to find a section or field. If the workspace does not have an intake form, Lifecycle shows an empty state. A workspace admin can define one under Settings › Governance. Members with permission can arrange intake cards into two columns. Saved layouts remain tied to section IDs and reconcile with the sections currently defined in the workspace form.

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Risk

Select the Risk tab to open the Risk scorecard. Its categories, dimensions, and descriptions come from the workspace’s risk template. Scoring and re-evaluation use that template rather than a fixed set of metrics.