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    • Change Management
      • How to Adopt This Practice
      • Request Change
        • Performing Roles
          • Any Role
        • Guidance
          • Submitting Change Requests
      • Submitting Change Requests
    • Iterative Development
      • How to Adopt This Practice
      • Tasks
        • Assess Results
          • Performing Roles
            • Project Manager
            • Analyst
            • Architect
            • Developer
            • Stakeholder
            • Tester
          • Input Work Products
            • Iteration Plan
            • Work Items List
            • [Technical Specification]
            • [Technical Test Results]
            • [Project Definition and Scope]
          • Output Work Products
            • Iteration Plan
            • Work Items List
          • Guidance
            • Retrospective
            • Phase Milestones
            • Conduct Project Retrospective
            • Iteration Assessment
            • Deploying the Solution
            • Use Method Composer to Update the Process
        • Manage Iteration
          • Performing Roles
            • Project Manager
            • Analyst
            • Architect
            • Developer
            • Stakeholder
            • Tester
          • Input Work Products
            • Iteration Plan
            • Risk List
            • Work Items List
            • [Project Definition and Scope]
          • Output Work Products
            • Iteration Plan
            • Risk List
            • Work Items List
          • Guidance
            • Risk
            • Iteration Lifecycle
            • Micro-Increments
            • Metrics
            • Assign Changes to an Iteration
            • [Collaboration Guidance]
            • [Work Assignment Guidance]
        • Plan Iteration
          • Performing Roles
            • Project Manager
            • Analyst
            • Architect
            • Developer
            • Stakeholder
            • Tester
          • Input Work Products
            • Work Items List
            • [Project Definition and Scope]
            • [Technical Architecture]
            • [Technical Specification]
            • Risk List
            • Iteration Plan
          • Output Work Products
            • Risk List
            • Iteration Plan
            • Work Items List
          • Guidance
            • Iteration
            • Micro-Increments
            • Iteration Lifecycle
            • Managing Work Items
            • Agile Estimation
            • Assign Changes to an Iteration
            • Iteration Planning
            • Managing Risks
            • [Project Planning Guidance]
            • Deploying the Solution
      • Work Products
        • Iteration Plan
          • Responsible Role
            • Project Manager
          • Containing Work Product
            • [Project Work]
          • Input to
            • Assess Results
            • Manage Iteration
            • Plan Iteration
          • Output from
            • Plan Iteration
            • Assess Results
            • Manage Iteration
          • Guidance
            • Iteration
            • Iteration Burndown Report
            • Iteration Plan
            • Iteration Burndown
            • Iteration Plan
        • Work Items List
          • Responsible Role
            • Project Manager
          • Input to
            • Assess Results
            • Manage Iteration
            • Plan Iteration
          • Output from
            • Assess Results
            • Manage Iteration
            • Plan Iteration
          • Guidance
            • Work Items List
            • Work Items List
        • Risk List
          • Responsible Role
            • Project Manager
          • Input to
            • Manage Iteration
            • Plan Iteration
          • Output from
            • Manage Iteration
            • Plan Iteration
          • Guidance
            • Risk List
            • Risk
            • Risk List
      • Guidance
        • Iteration Lifecycle
        • Micro-Increments
        • Retrospective
        • Iteration Plan
        • Risk List
        • Work Items List
        • Iteration Burndown Report
        • Iteration Plan
        • Work Items List
        • Agile Estimation
        • Assign Changes to an Iteration
        • Conduct Project Retrospective
        • Iteration Assessment
        • Iteration Planning
        • Managing Risks
        • Managing Work Items
        • Prioritizing Work Items
        • Iteration Burndown
        • Iteration Plan
        • Risk List
        • Work Items List
    • Risk-Value Lifecycle
      • How to Adopt This Practice
      • Risk-Value Lifecycle Phases
        • Inception Iteration [1..n]
        • Lifecycle Objectives Milestone
        • Elaboration Iteration [1..n]
        • Lifecycle Architecture Milestone
        • Construction Iteration [1..n]
        • Initial Operational Capability
        • Transition Iteration [1..n]
        • Product Release Milestone
      • Guidances
        • Balance competing priorities to maximize stakeholder value
        • Collaborate to align interests and share understanding
        • Construction Phase
        • Elaboration Phase
        • Evolve to continuously obtain feedback and improve
        • Focus on the architecture early to minimize risks and organize development
        • Inception Phase
        • Phase
        • Phase Milestones
        • Project Lifecycle
        • Transition Phase
        • Project Burndown Report
        • Project Plan
        • Deploying the Solution
        • Project Burndown
        • Project Plan
    • Two-Level Project Planning
      • How to Adopt This Practice
      • Plan Project
        • Performing Roles
          • Project Manager
          • Analyst
          • Architect
          • Developer
          • Stakeholder
          • Tester
        • Input Work Products
          • [Technical Specification]
        • Output Work Products
          • Project Plan
        • Guidance
          • Iteration
          • Risk
          • Phase Milestones
          • Staffing a Project
          • Agile Estimation
          • Managing Risks
          • [Project Planning Guidance]
      • Project Plan
        • Responsible Role
          • Project Manager
        • Containing Work Product
          • [Project Definition and Scope]
        • Output from
          • Plan Project
        • Guidance
          • Project Burndown Report
          • Project Plan
          • Project Burndown
          • Project Plan
      • Guidance
        • Metrics
        • Project Plan
        • Staffing a Project
    • Whole Team
      • How to Adopt This Practice
      • Guidance
        • Daily Meetings
        • Maintain a Sustainable Pace
        • Self-Organize Work Assignments
  • Technical Practices
    • Continuous Integration
      • Integrate and Create Build
        • Performing Roles
          • Developer
        • Input Work Products
          • Test Script
          • [Software Implementation]
        • Output Work Products
          • Build
        • Guidance
          • Change Set
          • Workspace
          • Continuous Integration
          • Continuous Integration
          • Promoting Builds
      • Build
        • Responsible Role
          • Developer
        • Output from
          • Integrate and Create Build
        • Guidance
          • Continuous Integration
          • Continuous Integration
      • Change Requests
      • Change Set
      • Continuous Integration
      • Workspace
      • Continuous Integration
      • Promoting Builds
    • Evolutionary Architecture
      • How to Adopt This Practice
      • Key Concepts
        • Software Architecture
        • Architectural Mechanism
        • Architectural Views and Viewpoints
      • Work Products
        • Architecture Notebook
          • Responsible Role
            • Architect
          • Containing Work Product
            • [Technical Architecture]
          • Input to
            • Evolve the Architecture
          • Output from
            • Envision the Architecture
            • Evolve the Architecture
          • Guidance
            • Architecture Notebook
            • Software Architecture
            • Modeling the Architecture
            • Architecture Notebook
      • Tasks
        • Envision the Architecture
          • Performing Roles
            • Architect
            • Analyst
            • Developer
            • Project Manager
            • Stakeholder
          • Input Work Products
            • [Technical Specification]
          • Output Work Products
            • Architecture Notebook
          • Guidance
            • Architecturally Significant Requirements
            • Architectural Mechanism
            • Architectural Goals
            • Architectural Constraints
            • Key Abstractions
            • Layering
            • Software Reuse
            • Abstract Away Complexity
            • Modeling the Architecture
        • Evolve the Architecture
          • Performing Roles
            • Architect
            • Developer
            • Project Manager
          • Input Work Products
            • [Technical Specification]
            • Architecture Notebook
            • [Software Design]
            • [Software Implementation]
          • Output Work Products
            • Architecture Notebook
          • Guidance
            • Architectural Mechanism
            • Architecturally Significant Requirements
            • Executable Architecture
            • Architectural Goals
            • Key Abstractions
            • Component
            • Architectural Constraints
            • Software Reuse
            • Representing Interfaces to External Systems
            • Abstract Away Complexity
            • Modeling the Architecture
      • Guidance
        • Guidelines
          • Abstract Away Complexity
          • Modeling the Architecture
          • Software Reuse
        • Checklists
          • Architecture Notebook
        • Templates
          • Architecture Notebook
        • Examples
          • Architectural Mechanism Attributes
          • Architectural Mechanisms
          • 4+1 Views of Software Architecture
      • Evolutionary Architecture Practice
    • Evolutionary Design
      • How to Adopt This Practice
      • Enablement
      • Design the Solution
        • Performing Roles
          • Developer
          • Analyst
          • Architect
          • Stakeholder
          • Tester
        • Input Work Products
          • [Technical Architecture]
          • [Technical Specification]
          • Design
        • Output Work Products
          • Design
        • Guidance
          • Architectural Mechanism
          • Design
          • Design Mechanism
          • Implementation Mechanism
          • Pattern
          • Entity-Control-Boundary Pattern
          • Analyze the Design
          • Evolve the Design
          • Software Reuse
          • Designing Visually
          • [Design Guidance]
      • Design
        • Responsible Role
          • Developer
        • Containing Work Product
          • [Software Design]
        • Input to
          • Design the Solution
        • Output from
          • Design the Solution
        • Guidance
          • Design
          • Design
          • Designing Visually
          • Design
      • Guidance
        • Design
        • Design
        • Analyze the Design
        • Evolve the Design
        • Refactoring
        • Design
    • Independent Testing
      • Tasks
        • Create Test Cases
          • Performing Roles
            • Tester
            • Analyst
            • Developer
            • Stakeholder
          • Input Work Products
            • [Technical Specification]
            • Test Case
          • Output Work Products
            • Test Case
          • Guidance
            • Test Ideas
        • Implement Tests
          • Performing Roles
            • Tester
            • Analyst
            • Developer
            • Stakeholder
          • Input Work Products
            • Test Case
            • Test Script
            • [Software Implementation]
          • Output Work Products
            • Test Script
          • Guidance
            • Test Ideas
            • Maintaining Automated Test Suite
            • Programming Automated Tests
            • Test Ideas
        • Run Tests
          • Performing Roles
            • Tester
          • Input Work Products
            • Test Script
            • [Software Implementation]
          • Output Work Products
            • Test Log
          • Guidance
            • Maintaining Automated Test Suite
            • Programming Automated Tests
            • Test Suite
      • Work Products
        • Test Case
          • Responsible Role
            • Tester
          • Input to
            • Implement Tests
            • Create Test Cases
          • Output from
            • Create Test Cases
          • Guidance
            • Test Case
            • Types of Test
            • Test Case
        • Test Log
          • Responsible Role
            • Tester
          • Output from
            • Run Tests
        • Test Script
          • Responsible Role
            • Tester
          • Input to
            • Run Tests
            • Integrate and Create Build
            • Implement Tests
          • Output from
            • Implement Tests
          • Guidance
            • Test Data
            • Test Script
            • Test Suite
            • Programming Automated Tests
            • Maintaining Automated Test Suite
            • Test Script
      • Guidance
        • Test Ideas
        • Types of Test
        • Test Case
        • Test Data
        • Test Script
        • Maintaining Automated Test Suite
        • Programming Automated Tests
        • Test Ideas
        • Test Suite
    • Shared Vision
      • Develop Technical Vision
        • Performing Roles
          • Analyst
          • Architect
          • Project Manager
          • Stakeholder
        • Input Work Products
          • Vision
        • Output Work Products
          • Vision
        • Guidance
          • Effective Requirement Reviews
          • Requirements Gathering Techniques
      • Vision
        • Responsible Role
          • Analyst
        • Input to
          • Develop Technical Vision
        • Output from
          • Develop Technical Vision
        • Guidance
          • Vision
          • Vision
      • Requirements Gathering Techniques
    • Test-Driven Development
      • How to Adopt this Practice
      • Enablement
      • Using the TDD Practice in Context
      • Tasks
        • Implement Developer Tests
          • Performing Roles
            • Developer
            • Tester
          • Input Work Products
            • [Software Implementation]
            • [Software Design]
          • Output Work Products
            • Developer Test
          • Guidance
            • Developer Testing
        • Run Developer Tests
          • Performing Roles
            • Developer
          • Input Work Products
            • [Software Implementation]
            • Developer Test
          • Output Work Products
            • [Technical Test Results]
          • Guidance
            • Developer Testing
        • Implement Solution
          • Performing Roles
            • Developer
            • Stakeholder
            • Tester
          • Input Work Products
            • [Software Design]
            • [Technical Specification]
            • [Software Implementation]
            • Developer Test
          • Output Work Products
            • [Software Implementation]
            • [Technical Specification]
          • Guidance
            • Refactoring
            • Mapping from Design to Code
      • Work Products
        • Developer Test
          • Responsible Role
            • Developer
          • Input to
            • Run Developer Tests
            • Implement Solution
          • Output from
            • Implement Developer Tests
          • Guidance
            • Test Driven Development
        • Implementation
          • Responsible Role
            • Developer
      • Guidance
        • Coding Standard
        • Collective Code Ownership
        • Developer Testing
        • Refactoring
        • Test Driven Development
        • Implementation
        • Developer Testing
        • Implementation Refactoring
        • Mapping from Design to Code
        • Test Driven Development
        • Transforming design into implementation
        • Test Driven Development
        • How to Adopt this Practice
    • Use-Case Driven Development
      • How to Adopt this Practice
      • Enablement
      • Key Concepts
        • Requirements
        • Use Case
        • Actor
        • Use-Case Model
      • Work Products
        • Use Case
          • Responsible Role
            • Analyst
          • Input to
            • Detail Use-Case Scenarios
            • Detail System-Wide Requirements
          • Output from
            • Detail Use-Case Scenarios
            • Identify and Outline Requirements
          • Guidance
            • Use Case
            • Use Case
            • Use-Case Specification
        • Use-Case Model
          • Responsible Role
            • Analyst
          • Contained Work Products
            • Use Case
              • Use Case
              • Use Case
              • Use-Case Specification
          • Output from
            • Detail Use-Case Scenarios
            • Identify and Outline Requirements
          • Guidance
            • Use-Case Model
            • Use Case
            • Use-Case Model
            • Actor
        • System-Wide Requirements
          • Responsible Role
            • Analyst
          • Input to
            • Detail System-Wide Requirements
          • Output from
            • Detail System-Wide Requirements
            • Identify and Outline Requirements
          • Guidance
            • Writing Requirements Statements
            • System-Wide Requirements Specification
      • Tasks
        • Identify and Outline Requirements
          • Performing Roles
            • Analyst
            • Architect
            • Developer
            • Stakeholder
            • Tester
          • Input Work Products
            • [Technical Specification]
          • Output Work Products
            • System-Wide Requirements
            • Use Case
            • Glossary
            • Use-Case Model
          • Guidance
            • Requirements
            • System-Wide Requirements [needs wording work]
            • Identify and Outline Actors and Use Cases
            • Developing System-Wide Requirements Specification
            • Requirements Gathering Techniques
            • Effective Requirement Reviews
        • Detail Use-Case Scenarios
          • Performing Roles
            • Analyst
            • Architect
            • Developer
            • Stakeholder
            • Tester
          • Input Work Products
            • Use Case
          • Output Work Products
            • Use Case
            • Glossary
            • Use-Case Model
          • Guidance
            • Detail Use Cases and Scenarios
            • Use Case Formats
            • Effective Requirement Reviews
        • Detail System-Wide Requirements
          • Performing Roles
            • Analyst
            • Architect
            • Developer
            • Stakeholder
            • Tester
          • Input Work Products
            • System-Wide Requirements
            • Use Case
          • Output Work Products
            • System-Wide Requirements
            • Glossary
          • Guidance
            • Developing System-Wide Requirements Specification
            • Effective Requirement Reviews
      • Guidance
        • Detail Use Cases and Scenarios
        • Identify and Outline Actors and Use Cases
        • Developing System-Wide Requirements Specification
        • Use Case Formats
        • Use-Cases Realizations
• Release Information
  • Change Management Practice
  • Continuous Integration Release Information
  • Evolutionary Architecture Practice
  • Evolutionary Design Release Information
  • Iterative Development Practice
  • Risk-Value Lifecycle Practice
  • Shared Vision Practice
  • Test Driven Development Release Information
  • Two-Level Project Planning Practice
  • Use-Case Driven Development Practice
  • Whole Team Practice