Phase: Inception
The overriding goal of the inception phase is to achieve concurrence among all stakeholders on the lifecycle objectives for the project. The inception phase is of significance primarily for new development efforts, in which there are significant business and requirements risks which must be addressed before the project can proceed. For projects focused on enhancements to an existing system, the inception phase is more brief, but is still focused on ensuring that the project is both worth doing and possible to do.
DescriptionWork Breakdown StructureTeam AllocationWork Product Usage
Work Product Breakdown
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Inception Iteration [n]
  Activity
 
    Conceive New Project
  Activity
 
        Vision
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Business Case
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Risk List
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Software Development Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Review Record
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
    Prepare Project Environments
  Activity
 
        Prepare Environment for Project
  Activity
 
            Development Process
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Software Development Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Create Project Configuration Management (CM) Environments
  Activity
 
            Software Development Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Implementation Model
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Iteration Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Development Infrastructure
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Development Process
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Project Repository
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
    Prepare Environment for an Iteration
  Activity
 
        Software Development Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Development Process
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Change Request
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Development Infrastructure
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
    Define Project Plans
  Activity
 
        Plan the Project
  Activity
 
            Software Development Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Business Case
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Risk List
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Vision
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Software Requirements Specification
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Test Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Development Process
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Iteration Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Requirements Management Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Review Record
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
    Monitor and Control Project
  Activity
 
        Status Assessment
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Review Record
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Work Order
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Risk List
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Software Development Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Iteration Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Development Process
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Change Request
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
    Develop Initial Vision
  Activity
 
        Analyze the Problem
  Activity
 
            Business Case
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Vision
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Stakeholder Requests
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Use-Case Model
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
                Use Case
preliminary preliminary WorkProductDescriptor
 
                Actor
preliminary preliminary WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Glossary
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Iteration Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Requirements Attributes
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Software Requirement
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Software Requirements Specification
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Storyboard
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Supplementary Specifications
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Software Development Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Requirements Management Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Understand Stakeholder Needs
  Activity
 
            Business Case
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Vision
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Stakeholder Requests
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Use-Case Model
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
                Use Case
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
                Actor
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Glossary
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Iteration Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Requirements Attributes
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Change Request
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Supplementary Specifications
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Software Requirement
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Software Requirements Specification
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Storyboard
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Requirements Management Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
    Define Evaluation Mission
  Activity
 
        Iteration Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Risk List
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Vision
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Software Architecture Document
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Test Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Work Order
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Change Request
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Use-Case Model
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Test Strategy
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Implementation Model
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Data Model
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Use-Case Realization
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Software Requirements Specification
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Deployment Model
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Requirements Management Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Software Requirement
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Stakeholder Requests
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Business Case
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Software Development Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Integration Build Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Test-Ideas List
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Design Model
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Storyboard
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        User-Interface Prototype
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
    Manage Iteration
  Activity
 
        Iteration Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Iteration Assessment
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Review Record
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Software Development Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Test Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Vision
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Development Process
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Work Order
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Risk List
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Test Evaluation Summary
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Business Case
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Status Assessment
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
    Plan for Next Iteration
  Activity
 
        Iteration Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Risk List
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Software Development Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Vision
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Development Process
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Software Architecture Document
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Business Case
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Review Record
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
    Manage the Scope of the System
  Activity
 
        Stakeholder Requests
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Iteration Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Vision
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Requirements Attributes
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Use-Case Model
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Software Architecture Document
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Business Case
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Requirements Management Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Change Request
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Risk List
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Software Requirement
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
    Define the System
  Activity
 
        Business Case
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Vision
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Stakeholder Requests
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Use-Case Model
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Use Case
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
            Actor
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Glossary
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Iteration Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Requirements Attributes
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Supplementary Specifications
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Software Requirement
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Software Requirements Specification
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Requirements Management Plan
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Storyboard
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Change Request
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
    Perform Architectural Synthesis
  Activity
 
        Vision
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Glossary
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Risk List
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Software Architecture Document
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Reference Architecture
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Architectural Proof-of-Concept
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Design Model
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Use-Case Model
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Supplementary Specifications
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Deployment Model
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Analysis Model
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Operation
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Business Case
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
        Review Record
  WorkProductDescriptor
 
Lifecycle Objectives Milestone
  Milestone