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| <mainDescription><h3>
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| EPF base
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| <h4>
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| 1.5.1.1
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| <p>
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| Bugzilla 313572: Emphasized the agile nature of envisioning and modeling the architecture.
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| </p>
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| <p>
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| Other minor fixes.
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| </p>
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| <h4>
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| 1.5
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| <p>
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| This is the first version of this practice, included as part of the EPF 1.5 practices library. It is derived primarily
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| from OpenUP 1.0 content, and it includes refinements to structure the content into a practice and clean up content to
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| remove redundancy and improve consistency.
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| </p>
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| <p>
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| The following specific changes were made:
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| </p>
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| <ul>
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| <li>
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| Created plug-ins and content packages to support practice library structure -- separate base and assign practice
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| plug-ins, separate role definition plug-in, and so forth.
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Implemented delayed role assignment. Placed Architect role in new role definition plug-in. Moved all role
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| assignments and assignments of tasks and work products to standard categories to new assign plug-in.
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Implemented default navigation view approach. Mapped all elements to the navigation view building blocks so that
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| they are included in a view
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Removed term definitions for roles and work products, because their definitions are enough.
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Changed name of <i>Task: Outline the Architecture</i> to <i>Task: Envision the Architecture</i>.
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Changed the name of <i>Task: Refine the Architecture</i> to <i>Task: Evolve the Architecture</i>.
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Identified guidance that can be shared between architectural tasks and practices and defined the appropriate
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| practice elements in the common architectural guidance package in a separate, common plug-in
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| (core.tech.common.base).
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Reviewed and re-factored tasks. Moved task details to guidance, where it can be shared between architectural tasks
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| and practices.
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Placed all content related to visual modeling in separate content package, both in the common plug-ins and in the
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| practice plug-ins.
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Created new elements that are common to all practices: Custom category with a description of "title page" for the
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| practice, How to Adopt page, Release Info page, and so on.
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Removed association with guidance from the architecture discipline. It is just a standard category. All guidance is
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| associated with roles, tasks, work products (or other guidance).
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Cleaned up the content to reflect the latest authoring guidelines:
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| </li>
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| <li style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none">
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| <ul>
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| <li>
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| Removed references to specific roles in all elements
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Removed references to specific method assets (for example, OpenUP) and specific lifecycles (such as RUP
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| phases) from the method element descriptions.
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Replaced references to artifacts outside of the practice with references to the appropriate slots.
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Eliminated redundancy among tasks, concepts, and guidance. In many cases, this led to the deletion of
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| several guidance pages and the addition of several common guidance pages.
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| </li>
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| </ul>
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| </li>
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| </ul>
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| <p>
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| The following method elements were added:
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| </p>
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| <ul>
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| <li>
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| Key concepts, so they can be shared: 
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| <ul>
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| <li>
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| Concept: Analysis Mechanism
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Concept: Architectural Goals
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Concept: Architectural Constraints
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Concept: Architecturally Significant Requirements
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Concept: Key Abstractions
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Concept: Architectural Views and Viewpoints
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| </li>
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| </ul>
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Example: 4+1 Views of Software Architecture (just renaming and retyping of original Guideline: Architectural View)
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Guideline: Representing Interfaces to External Systems (defined to share content between the Concept: Software
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| Architecture and the Task: Refine the Architecture)
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Guideline: Using Visual Modeling (added to capture visual modeling techniques, because content was originally in an
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| addendum to the Guideline: Abstract Away Complexity)
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Guideline: Modeling the Architecture (added to capture information on visual architectural models)
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Practice elements (elements common to all practices):
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| </li>
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| <li style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none">
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| <ul>
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| Roadmap: How to Adopt This Practice
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Custom Category: Evolutionary Architecture Practice
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Supporting Material: Evolutionary Architecture Practice Release Information
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| </li>
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| </ul>
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| </li>
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| </ul>
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| <p>
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| The following are the method elements that were deleted:
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| </p>
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| <ul>
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| <li>
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| Guideline: Architectural Mechanisms (content merged with existing Concept: Architectural Mechanism to eliminate
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| redundancy)
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Guideline: Determining Architecturally Significant Requirements (content moved to new Concept: Architectural goals)
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Guideline: Architectural View (replaced with new Example: 4+1 Views of Software Architecture)
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Guideline: Outline the Architecture (content moved to more specific individual guidelines)
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Guideline: Develop the Architecture (content moved to more specific individual guidelines<br />
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| </li>
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