| Artifact: Design |
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Describe the elements of the system so they can be examined and understood in ways not possible by reading the source code. |
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| Main Description | This product can describe multiple static and dynamic views of the system for examination. Although various views may focus on divergent, seemingly independent issues of how the system will be put together and work, they should fit together without contradiction. It describes the elements that will make up the implemented system. It communicates abstractions of particular portions of the implementation and can describe an isolated subsystem, a high-level analysis of the system, a view of the system in only one context, or other perspectives that explain a solution to a specific problem that needs to be communicated. |
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| Impact of not having | Implementation will proceed with fine-grained, inconsistent tactical decisions that lead to poor-quality software. |
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| Reasons for not needing | Some representation of the design will always be necessary. In circumstances where a project involves applying well-understood, existing strategies for architecture and design, it is possible that you will not need a new design. In those cases, you can simply refer to some existing design. |
| Representation Options | It is important that the author of this work product be able to analyze and communicate to other collaborators key decisions about the structure and behavior of the system. It is also important that these decisions can be communicated at various levels of abstraction and granularity. Whether you record these decisions on a white board or use a formal tool is not governed by this process. Certain parts of this artifact will be important to the understanding of the overall architecture. Therefore, you must represent them in some way that will last. For other parts that are not architecturally-significant, this work product may be considered more of an informal result of the task of designing than a true artifact. |
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