puppet Stages for Configuration Management

puppet has Two Stages for Configuration Management
Puppet configures systems in two main stages:

Compile a catalog
Apply the catalog
What is a Catalog?
A catalog is a document that describes the desired system state for one specific computer. It lists all of the resources that need to be managed, as well as any dependencies between those resources.

To compile a catalog, Puppet uses several sources of information. For more info, see the pages on

1) basics of the Puppet language
2) catalog compilation

Maven Build Lifecycle 

• validate - validate the project is correct and all necessary information is available
• compile - compile the source code of the project
• test - test the compiled source code using a suitable unit testing framework. These tests should not require the code be packaged or deployed
• package - take the compiled code and package it in its distributable format, such as a JAR.
• integration-test - process and deploy the package if necessary into an environment where integration tests can be run
• verify - run any checks to verify the package is valid and meets quality criteria
• install - install the package into the local repository, for use as a dependency in other projects locally
• deploy - done in an integration or release environment, copies the final package to the remote repository for sharing with other developers and projects.

Ref : maven build URL