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    The purpose of the discipline is to:&#xD;
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        Encourage active&amp;nbsp;business participation in the project team&#xD;
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        Stimulate collaboration between business and technical team members&#xD;
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        Focus the team on delivering&amp;nbsp;functionality that&amp;nbsp;meets business needs&#xD;
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    This is achieved by assigning business roles into the project team and assigning responsibilities for aspects of the&#xD;
    work.&#xD;
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    The Business discipline is closey related to other disciplines in the following ways:&#xD;
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        The &lt;a class=&quot;elementLink&quot; href=&quot;./../../openup_basic/disciplines/requirements-2.html&quot;&#xD;
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        The &lt;a class=&quot;elementLink&quot; href=&quot;./../../openup_basic/disciplines/project_management.html&quot;&#xD;
        guid=&quot;_0TqQ4MlgEdmt3adZL5Dmdw&quot;>Project Management&lt;/a> discipline shares some responsibilities with - and is&#xD;
        accountable to - the Business discipline&#xD;
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        The &lt;a class=&quot;elementLink&quot; href=&quot;./../../openup_basic/disciplines/test.html&quot;&#xD;
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        some tasks The Business discipline must be satisified that tests have been successful.&#xD;
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        The Business discipline helps the &lt;a class=&quot;elementLink&quot; href=&quot;./../../openup_basic/disciplines/architecture.html&quot;&#xD;
        guid=&quot;_0TX9AMlgEdmt3adZL5Dmdw&quot;>Architecture&lt;/a> discipline shape the solution through the Vision&#xD;
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        guid=&quot;_0TeDoMlgEdmt3adZL5Dmdw&quot;>Development&lt;/a> discipline gets frequent feedback on the quality and direction of&#xD;
        the software from the Business discipline&#xD;
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