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Oracle Unified Method (OUM)

Level 1: Overview and Awareness
Module: Core Components

Learning Objectives
Core Components

By the end of this module, you should be able to

define the following components and understand how
they are applied in OUM:

Task
Work Product
Dependency
Process
Phase
Lifecycle Milestone
Activity

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Task
Lowest unit of work

Tasks

Smallest traceable item on

workplan
Results in a new or revised
work product
Typical length
Minimum of one day
Maximum of two weeks

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Work Product
Output of a task
Required to meet project
objectives
Need not be a
document
May or may not
be a deliverable

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Task and Work Product Examples

Task

Work Product

Define Business and System

Objectives

Business and System Objectives

Analyze Data

Analysis Model

Implement Components

Implemented Components

Conduct Team-Building
Workshop

Cohesive Project Team

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Dependency
Define relationships between
tasks or activities

Dependencies

Types
Predecessors
Successor s
Overlap
Gap

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Process
Discipline or subproject
Inception

Tasks related by

Elaboration

Construction

Transition

Production

Subject matter
Required skills
Common dependencies.

Span several phases

Examples:

Processes

Business Requirements
Design
Testing

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Learning Checkpoint
Core Components

A __________ is a unit of work that is done in

delivering a service.
Task

A Dependency can exist with either predecessor or

successor tasks. True or False?
True

A Work Product is always delivered to the client. True

or False?
False

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Phase
Phases

Temporal grouping of tasks

Cut vertically through
project

Inception

Elaboration

Construction

Transition

Production

Natural point for milestones

and checkpoints

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Lifecycle Milestone
Phases

Major synchronization point

Occur at phase boundaries

Inception

Elaboration

Construction

Transition

Production

Assure objectives of phase

are met
Assure readiness of project
to move to next phase

Lifecycle
Milestones

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LO

LA

IOC

SP

SO

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Activity
Activities

Next level below a phase.

Groups related tasks

Inception

Elaboration

Construction

Transition

Production

Results in milestone or
deliverable
May be from different processes
Begin and end in same phase.
Examples:
Gather Business Requirements
Develop Use Cases
Perform System Test

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Activity Example

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Learning Checkpoint
Core Components

A phase is a chronological grouping of tasks that

allow for a check point against project goals, and
measurement against quality criteria to be made. True
or False?
True

A __________ provides for a natural progression from

one phase to the next, by making an assessment of
the current progress and the readiness to move
forward.
Lifecycle Milestone

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Conclusion
Core Components

Now that you have completed this module, you should

be able to define the following components:

Task
Work Product
Dependency
Process
Phase
Lifecycle Milestone
Activity

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