OpenUP/OpenUP_SP/library/openup_basic/guidances/concepts/design_mechanism.xmi

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    A Design Mechanism is a concrete representation of an&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;elementLink&quot;
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    guid=&quot;_mzxI0A4LEduibvKwrGxWxA&quot;&gt;Architectural Mechanism&lt;/a&gt;. It is refined from an &lt;a class=&quot;elementLink&quot;
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    guid=&quot;_0gvqoMlgEdmt3adZL5Dmdw&quot;&gt;Analysis Mechanism&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and is further refined into an &lt;a class=&quot;elementLink&quot;
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    guid=&quot;_0LcUkA4LEduibvKwrGxWxA&quot;&gt;Implementation Mechanism&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;as the design becomes more detailed.
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    Design Mechanisms can be&amp;nbsp;represented as specific design patterns and frameworks&amp;nbsp;in the &lt;a class=&quot;elementLink&quot;
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    guid=&quot;_0WuL8slgEdmt3adZL5Dmdw&quot;&gt;Design&lt;/a&gt;. They are used&amp;nbsp;to guide development&amp;nbsp;(see &lt;a class=&quot;elementLink&quot;
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    guid=&quot;_0cr7cACrEdu8m4dIntu6jA&quot;&gt;Using Patterns&lt;/a&gt;). Design Mechanisms should still be relatively independent of
    implementation but provide enough detailed information for implementation choices to be made and software to be
    developed with confidence.
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    See &lt;a class=&quot;elementLink&quot;
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    guid=&quot;_4k_Hsg4LEduibvKwrGxWxA&quot;&gt;Example: Design Mechanisms&lt;/a&gt;.
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