This looks to be an interesting wiki entry written by SAP folks on LifeCycle Manager (LCM)
LifeCycle Manager Wiki Article
Atul Chowdhury (BOB member since 2003-07-07)
Great info and truly something I cannot recall from old BusinessObjects times. This is where SAP shines despite other issues IMHO.
Andreas 
(BOB member since 2002-06-20)