OpenUP/OpenUP_PT/library/openup_basic/workproducts/glossary.xmi

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  <mainDescription>&lt;p&gt;
    The Glossary helps you avoid miscommunication by providing two essential resources:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
        A central location to look for terms and abbreviations that are new to development team members
    &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
        Definitions of terms that are used in specific ways within the domain
    &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
    Definitions for the Glossary terms come from several sources, such as requirements documents, specifications, and
    discussions with Stakeholders and domain experts.
&lt;/p&gt;</mainDescription>
  <keyConsiderations>&lt;p&gt;
    In some projects that do not involve business or domain modeling, the Glossary is the primary artifact for capturing
    information about the project's business domain.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
    Although listed as an output from, and an input to tasks associated with the requirements discipline, this artifact can
    be updated at any time, by any role, as new terms are identified.
&lt;/p&gt;</keyConsiderations>
  <purpose>The goal is for  the Glossary to provide a common 
vocabulary agreed upon by all Stakeholders. It can 
help people from different functional groups reach a mutual 
understanding of the&amp;nbsp;system. 
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The goal is not to record all possible terms, but only those 
that are unclear, ambiguous, or require elaboration.</purpose>
  <impactOfNotHaving>Misunderstandings about the meanings of data items account for many failed projects. 
Some of them become obvious only in the late stages of system testing and can 
be extremely expensive to correct.</impactOfNotHaving>
  <representationOptions>&lt;p&gt;
    The Glossary is a simple alphabetized listing of domain terms and their definitions.&amp;nbsp; It can be captured in a
    spreadheet,&amp;nbsp;document, or&amp;nbsp;published on a Wiki site to simplify access and maintenance.
&lt;/p&gt;</representationOptions>
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