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A proposed function manager should identify the function being managed, why it matters to the organization and how the applicant will exercise senior authority over it. L-1A requires the actual managerial or executive role and qualifying transfer facts. The absence of direct reports is not a reason to invent them, and a function label is not sufficient by itself. L-1A status is limited to a maximum of seven years. A careful first review produces a dated fact map, a document list, and a decision about whether the proposed activity matches the selected route. The worker ordinarily needs a qualifying year of employment abroad in the three-year lookback, and the related organizations must be doing business. The U.S. role must principally be managerial or executive. L-1A stay is generally subject to a seven-year ceiling, so the staffing plan should not depend indefinitely on the manager doing the operation personally. The record should distinguish completed facts from future plans, because a change in timing, ownership, duties, or funding may require the analysis to be revisited.