Work Product: Implementation Element
These artifacts are the physical parts that make up an implementation, including both files and directories. They include software code files (source, binary or executable), data files, and documentation files, such as online help files.
Purpose

Implementation Elements are parts of an implementation, specifically the lowest level units of physical composition, replacement, version control and configuration management. They include software code files (source, binary or executable), data files, and documentation files, such as online help files.

Relationships
RolesResponsible: Modified By:
Input ToMandatory: Optional:
  • None
External:
  • None
Properties
Optional
PlannedYes
Tailoring
Representation OptionsUML Representation: Work product, possibly stereotyped as, for example, <<application>>, <<document>>, <<executable>>, <<file>>, <<library>>, <<page>>.

File folders (directories) are represented as packages.

See  Guideline: Implementation Element for modeling guidance.

For examples of different kinds of Implementation Elements, and for guidance on how Implementation Elements should appear in visual models, see  Guideline: Implementation Element.



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