**CSDM Life Cycle Processes** are standardized process definitions within the [[Foundation (CSDM domain)|Foundation domain]] of the [[Common Service Data Model|Common Service Data Model]] (CSDM), a reference architecture developed by [[ServiceNow|ServiceNow]] that provides prescriptive guidance on service-related definitions and data modeling within the ServiceNow AI Platform. These processes define which [[Life Cycle Stage (CSDM)|Life Cycle Stages]] and [[Life Cycle Stage Status (CSDM)|Life Cycle Stage Statuses]] apply to different types of objects, enabling consistent tracking of products, assets, configuration items, documents, and locations through their life cycle transitions. CSDM defines five life cycle processes: [[Product Life Cycle Process (CSDM)|Product Life Cycle Process]] for [[Product Model (CSDM)|Product Models]] and [[Service Model (CSDM)|Service Models]], with stages including Ideation, Design, Operational, and End of Life; [[Tangible Life Cycle Process (CSDM)|Tangible Life Cycle Process]] for physical assets and [[Configuration item|CIs]] such as hardware, with stages including Ideation, Purchase, Inventory, Deploy, Operational, Defective, Missing, End of Operation, and End of Life; [[Intangible Life Cycle Process (CSDM)|Intangible Life Cycle Process]] for logical assets and CIs such as software, with stages including Ideation, Purchase, Design, Inventory, Deploy, Operational, End of Operation, and End of Life; [[Document Life Cycle Process (CSDM)|Document Life Cycle Process]] for [[Contract (CSDM)|contracts]] and [[Business Process (CSDM)|business processes]], with stages including Ideation, Operational, and End of Life; and [[Location Life Cycle Process (CSDM)|Location Life Cycle Process]] for [[Location (CSDM)|locations]], with stages including Design, Operational, and End of Life. Each process displays only the stage and status choices that align to the object type being managed.