# Data Product lifecycle Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is the business activity of managing, in the most effective way, a company’s products all the way across their lifecycles; from the very first idea for a product all the way through until it is retired and disposed of. Data Product follows the traditional product life cycle phases. Data Product Specification contains necessary attribute options to support each phase: * Development (draft, development, testing) * Introduction (ready to publish, published) * Growth (published) * Maturity and saturation (published) * Decline (sunset) * Retirement (retired) ![https://www.slimstock.com/en/product-lifecycle-management/](https://3709257585-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-Ly065p5FE998hsbJRu3%2F-M1qD9P9WnId92_jkwl1%2F-M1sdxv9Vhmch1aPcS2a%2Fplm.png?alt=media\&token=b9a16d93-39a6-4b7a-9012-9898734d9549) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://dataproduct.oftrust.net/terms/data-product-lifecycle.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.