Artifacts are either final or
intermediate work products that are produced and used during a project.
Artifacts are used to capture and convey project information. An artifact
can be any of the following:
- A document, such as Business Case or Software
Architecture Document
- A model, such as the Use-Case Model or the Design
Model
- A model element; that is, an element within a model, such
as a class, or a subsystem
Models and model elements, have reports
associated with them. A report extracts information about models and
model elements from a tool. A report presents an artifact or a set of
artifacts. Most artifacts have guidelines, which describes the artifact in
more detail.
To make the development of a complete software system
manageable, the artifacts are organized into sets corresponding to the disciplines. Several artifacts are used in a number of
disciplines; for example, the Risk List, the Software Architecture Document, and the Iteration
Plan.
These kinds of artifacts belong to the artifact set where they are
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Artifact Sets
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Artifacts
