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| The communication and collaboration layer is the foundation for OpenUP, reflecting the collaborative nature of the |
| process. It contains all of the roles in OpenUP/Basic: Stakeholder, Analyst, Developer, Architect, Tester, Project |
| Manager, and Any Role.&nbsp;Team members taking on these roles need to collaborate to jointly capture and define the |
| intent of the stakeholders, to jointly develop the solution, and to jointly manage the project. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| This foundational layer reflects and enables us to express the nature of self-organized teams, where team members must |
| broaden their perspectives of what their roles&nbsp;are and where their responsibilities end. As an example, the |
| Analyst cannot say “I documented the requirements, now it is up to the Developer to implement them.” The Analyst's job |
| is not primarily to document requirements; it is to communicate that the stakeholder intent is understood and reflected |
| in a validated build. Documenting requirements may help you&nbsp;achieve&nbsp;that objective, but it is only one of |
| many available tools. Other tools to use include working with developers on the design, working with testers on what |
| needs to be tested, and using the build to ensure that&nbsp;it does what the stakeholders need it to do. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| To help the team to collaborate effectively, the foundational collaboration layer provides you with a set of <a class="elementLinkWithUserText" href="./../../openup_basic/customcategories/core_principles_cat,_HEu9QBOHEduCNqgZdt_OaA.html" guid="_HEu9QBOHEduCNqgZdt_OaA">practices</a> that have been shown to motivate effective collaboration. These practices |
| apply to work done in all sub-processes.<br /> |
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