In the Unified Method Framework (UMF), the following are "delayed assigned":

• Role assignments: Assignment of performing roles to tasks and assignment of role responsibility for work products
• Work product kind assignments: Assignment of work products to work product kinds
• Discipline assignments: Assignment of tasks to disciplines
• Domain assignments: Assignment of work products to domains

For more information on delayed assignment, see Concept: Delayed Assignment.

The delayed assignment of roles, domains, work product kinds and disciplines is implemented is through the use of Assign plug-ins. An Assign plug-in is defined for every Base plug-in that contains work products or tasks. 

Assign plug-ins contain:

• Role assignments:
  • A role for every role to be assigned responsibility for a work product.  Each role is defined as a contributor to an existing role and adds the necessary "role responsible for work product" associations. 
  • A task for every task to be assigned a performing or a supporting role.  Each task is defined as a contributor to an existing task and adds the necessary "task is is performed by role" associations. 
• Standard category assignments:
• • A discipline for every discipline that is to have tasks mapped to it.  Each discipline is defined as a contributor to an existing discipline and adds the necessary "discipline includes task" associations. 
  • A domain for every domain that is to have work products mapped to it.  Each domain is defined as a contributor to an existing domain and adds the necessary "domain includes work product" associations.
• Practice-specific role, role set and standard category definitions. Practice-specific definitions for delayed elements are defined in the Assign plug-in to make them easy to change.

For more information on Base and Assign plug-ins, see Concept: Practice Library Plug-In Parts. For more information on contribution, see Guideline: Using Method Content Variability.

For an example of an Assign plug-in, see UMF Assign Plug-In Example.