Artifact: Development Case

Development Case	The Development Case describes the development process that you have chosen to follow in your project.
Role:	Process Engineer
Enclosed in:	Software Development Plan
Templates:	HTML Others
More Information:	Guidelines:Process Discriminants Guidelines:Classifying Artifacts Guidelines:Important Decisions in Requirements Guidelines:Important Decisions in Environment Guidelines:Important Decisions in Project Management Guidelines:Important Decisions in Configuration & Change Management Guidelines:Important Decisions in Implementation Guidelines:Important Decisions in Deployment Guidelines:Review Levels Guidelines:Important Decisions in Analysis & Design Guidelines:Important Decisions in Test Guidelines:Tailoring the Process Guidelines:Development Case Guidelines:Important Decisions in Business Modeling
Examples:	Development Case Development Case, from the Course Registration System Development Case, from the Collegiate Sports Paging System (e-business) The Development Case for Small Projects is a simplified example tailored for small projects.
Purpose Timing Responsibility Tailoring Additional Information

Input to Activities:

Develop Use-Case Modeling Guidelines

Develop Business-Modeling Guidelines

Develop User-Interface Guidelines

Launch Development Case

Develop Project-Specific Templates

Compile Software Development Plan

Develop Iteration Plan

Assess Iteration

Acquire Staff

Develop Design Guidelines

Develop Programming Guidelines

Set Up Tools

Select and Acquire Tools

Develop Tool Guidelines

Verify Tool Configuration and Installation

Develop Manual Styleguide

Develop Development Case

Output from Activities:

Develop Development Case

Purpose

The purpose of the Development Case is to capture the tailored process for the individual project.

Timing

The Development Case is created early in the Inception phase and is updated throughout the project as needed.

A first version of the Development Case is created at the onset of the project. We recommend that you develop the Development Case in increments, covering more and more of the disciplines in each iteration. The first version of the Development Case will normally only cover a subset of the disciplines. In each of the subsequent iterations, more will be covered by the Development Case. As you evaluate the results of each iteration, the Development Case is likely to change based on the lessons learned.

Responsibility

The Process Engineer is responsible for creating and maintaining the Development Case.

Tailoring

Normally, a project does not start using all disciplines in the RUP. If that's case, the corresponding sections can be removed.

If needed, add more information about how to use the artifacts for each discipline. For example, add references to templates used to describe the artifacts.

If needed, add references to guidelines and information that the project wants to use in addition to the RUP.

Additional Information

Use the Development Case in parallel with the Iteration Plan for each iteration. The Development Case specifically states what parts of each model you have chosen to use in your project.