From: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!sun!megatest!fortune!hpda!hplabs!hao!csu-cs!silver
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Title: The twelve steps of the product cycle
Article-I.D.: csu-cs.2206
Posted: Thu May 12 14:13:48 1983
Received: Thu May 19 07:32:31 1983


Here's the most complete description I've seen of the life cycle of any
product, from R&D to the scrap parts auction:

	 1:  Motivation
	 2:  Preparation
	 3:  Incubation
	 4:  Illumination
	 5:  Simulation
	 6:  Verification
	 7:  Implementation
	 8:  Introduction
	 9:  Production
	10:  Distribution
	11:  Revision
	12:  Obsoletion