What the four stages of the DocuSign Agreement Cloud?

• A. Prepare, sign, act, manage
• B. Draft, approve, circulate, archive
• C. Create, review, finalize, store
• D. Plan, execute, monitor, conclude

Answer: (A)

The four stages map to the lifecycle of an agreement in the DocuSign Agreement Cloud: Prepare, sign, act, manage.

Prepare involves setting up the document for execution—assembling the content, identifying recipients and their roles, arranging the routing order, and placing the required signature, initial, and other fields. This stage ensures everything is ready for signatures and that the workflow will run smoothly.

Sign is the actual collection of signatures. It covers sending the envelope to the recipients, capturing their legally binding signatures, and applying any necessary authentication or verification steps to complete the signing process.

Act covers the post-signature workflows and business actions that follow. This can include routing for approvals, triggering downstream processes (like payments or data updates), and notifying stakeholders. It’s about what happens once the document is signed and obligations begin.

Manage encompasses ongoing governance of the agreement. This includes storing and organizing signed documents, enabling retrieval and auditing, monitoring compliance, handling renewals or amendments, and analyzing the lifecycle for insights.

These four terms reflect DocuSign’s intended lifecycle for an agreement, from preparation to ongoing management. Other options describe more generic document or project lifecycles and don’t align with the specific stages DocuSign emphasizes.