> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ravenna.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Run lifecycles

> Start a lifecycle for a person, review lifecycles suggested by your HR system, follow progress on a timeline, board or graph, work your steps, reschedule and cancel.

## Mental model

* Starting a lifecycle needs a published template, the person, the anchor date and a person for every role a step is assigned to. It creates the parent ticket and opens the steps that are due.
* Templates with Suggest from HR changes create suggested lifecycles (Needs review) from HR hires or leavers; one suggestion per template and person, updated by later HR changes. Review starts one; Dismiss removes it.
* Step states: Locked, Ready, In progress, Running, Needs attention, Done, Skipped. Lifecycle states: On track, At risk, Completed, Cancelled.
* Completing a step: close its ticket, Mark done (Manual, Workflow and Access steps), or submit a Form step's form. Skip settles it and closes its ticket. Changing the anchor date reschedules unfinished steps.
* Non-members of the lifecycle's workspace see and complete the steps they own. Skipping, rescheduling, cancelling and form answers are for members.


## Related topics

- [Lifecycles](https://docs.ravenna.ai/documentation/automate/lifecycles/overview.md)
- [Lifecycles and workflows](https://docs.ravenna.ai/documentation/automate/lifecycles/workflows.md)
- [Build lifecycle templates](https://docs.ravenna.ai/documentation/automate/lifecycles/templates.md)
- [Get a lifecycle](https://docs.ravenna.ai/api/lifecycles/get-a-lifecycle.md)
- [Employee lifecycle architecture](https://docs.ravenna.ai/guides/playbooks/hr/employee-lifecycle.md)


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