  This paper presents the current problem of investigation of the effect of
implementation of improved methods of the life cycle stages organisation to
online community management. The online community life cycle is the sum of the
stages of organisation and development of online community. The current
approaches of scientific researches of social processes within the WWW are
analysed. The types of life cycles are distinguished and implemented in the
online community management. The algorithm of life cycle stages of the online
community is designed. The total quality of the life cycle stages execution and
quality of the life cycle stages execution of Lviv Polytechnic online community
from 2013 till 2016. Currently, the appropriate study and development of
community management hardware and software provoke the most interest because
online communities are a widespread and popular phenomenon, and the existing
management software for them is imperfect and not complex.
