Product

(Tier)

Purpose

An ongoing management iteration including: all planning, authorization, documentation, release, and support functions. A product release will end with a deployable software increment.

Project Planning

• Instantiate Project
• Create Project Budget
• Plan Project
• Plan for Risk and Opportunities
• Create Team Charter
• Plan Configuration Management
• Identify Contract Deliverable Documents
• Manage Measurement and Analysis

Product Planning

• Write Operational Concept Description
• Create an Epic
• Design User Interface
• Conduct User Research
• Plan Product Integration and Environments

Project Execution and Monitoring

• Manage Risk
• Manage Opportunities
• Manage Issues
• Manage Change Requests
• Analyze Peer Reviews
• Conduct Product Decision Analysis & Resolution
• Analyze Project Metrics

Evolve Architecture

• Identify Architectural Concerns
• Create Conceptual Solutions
• Revise Solution Architecture
• Implement Solution Architecture

Process Guidance Version: 10.4