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| <h1 class="topictitle1">Method Content</h1> |
| <div><p>Method content provides step-by-step explanations, describing |
| how specific development goals are achieved, independent of the placement |
| of these steps within a development lifecycle. Processes take these method |
| elements and relate them into semi-ordered sequences that are customized to |
| specific types of projects.</p> |
| <p>Method content elements are:</p> |
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| <li><a href="workproduct.html#workproduct">Work Product</a></li> |
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| <p>A Process Engineer authors these elements, defines the relationships between |
| them, and then categorizes them. Method content provides step-by-step explanations, |
| describing how specific development goals are achieved independent of the |
| placement of these steps within a development lifecycle. Processes take these |
| method elements and relate them into semi-ordered sequences that are customized |
| to specific types of projects.</p> |
| <p>For example, a software development project that develops an application |
| from scratch performs development tasks such as "Develop Vision" or "Use Case |
| Design" similar to a project that extends an existing software system. However, |
| the two projects will perform the tasks at different points in time with a |
| different emphasis, i.e., they perform the steps of these tasks at different |
| points of time and perhaps apply individual variations and additions. </p> |
| <p>Method content elements are contained within method content packages which, |
| in turn, are contained within a Method plug-in. In order to separate your |
| own content from original OpenUP content, you should always create new |
| method content in a method plug-in that you produce. Creating method content |
| in a method plug-in of your own also allows you to update your own library |
| with new releases of the OpenUP library without affecting the content |
| that you have created in your own plug-ins.</p> |
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