Work Product
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Purpose
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Tailoring (Optional, Recommended)
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Development Process
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Documents the development process configured for the project. Provides the team members with access to
all relevant process guidance.
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Recommended for all projects.
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Development Case
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This work product fine-tunes the development process to meet the exact needs of the project, including
details on which work products to produce, and when.
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Optional in small projects as the development process work product can be sufficient. Recommended
for medium to large projects.
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Project-Specific Guidelines
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Project specific guidelines are appropriate whenever there are project-specific standards that must be
followed, or good practices that need to be communicated.
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Recommended as applicable to project tasks.
Many projects will reuse guidelines rather than create their own. Small teams with experienced
members and a shared philosophy may decide not to formally document some guidelines. The risk in
this case is that standards and quality may drift over time.
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Project-Specific Templates
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Helps jump-start production of document centric and model centric work products and ensures consistency
between work products.
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Recommended as applicable to project work products.
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Development Infrastructure (including Tools)
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This is the hardware and software tools used as part of development.
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All projects will have a Development Infrastructure. Many projects will reuse an existing development
infrastructure, rather than create their own.
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Development Organization Assessment
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Used to guide the process engineer in tailoring a process for an organization.
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Optional.
In large organizations, an assessment is usually critical to making good process-related decisions.
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Manual Styleguide
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Ensures consistent style and quality of user support material.
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Recommended for most projects with user support material.
Many projects will reuse an existing styleguide rather than create their own.
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