Establish Life-cycle Model Descriptions

To establish an organization's set of standard process, you need to establish and maintain descriptions of the life-cycle models approved for use in the organization.

Life-cycle models may be developed for a variety of customers or in a variety of situations, since one life-cycle model may not be appropriate for all situations. Life-cycle models are often used to define the phases of the project. Also, the organization may define different life-cycle models for each type of product and service it delivers.

Typical Work Products in this specific practice is descriptions of life-cycle models.

To implement this specific practices, simply follow sub-practices below:

1. Select lifecycle models based on the needs of projects and the organization. For example, project lifecycle models include the following:

• Waterfall
• Spiral
• Evolutionary
• Incremental
• Iterative

2. Document the descriptions of the lifecycle models. The lifecycle models may be documented as part of the organization’s standard process descriptions or they may be documented separately.

3. Conduct peer reviews on the lifecycle models.

4. Revise the descriptions of the lifecycle models as necessary.