Artifact: Implementation Model

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Implementation Model	The implementation model is a collection of components, and the implementation subsystems that contain them. Components include both deliverable components, such as executables, and components from which the deliverables are produced, such as source code files.
UML representation:	Model, stereotyped as Â«implementation modelÂ».
Related Artifact:	Implementation Model Document
Role:	Integrator
More information:	Checkpoints:Implementation Model
Templates, Case-Study, Report.. Purpose Properties Timing Responsibility Tailoring

Input to Activities:

Integrate System
Plan Component Integration

Output from Activities:

Plan System Integration

Templates, Case-Study, Report..

The Word template can be bought through a template package. Case studies and reports are freely available in the table below.

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Purpose

The implementation model is a composite, comprehensive artifact which encompasses all artifacts needed to build and manage the system in the run-time environment.

Properties

Property Name	Brief Description	UML Representation
Introduction	A textual description that serves as a brief introduction to the model	Tagged value, of type "short text"
Implementation Subsystems	The subsystems in the model, representing a hierarchy	Owned via the meta-association "represents", or recursively via the meta-aggregation "owns"
Components	The components in the model, owned by the subsystems	Owned recursively via the meta-aggregation "owns"
Relationships	The relationships in the model, owned by the subsystems	- " -
Diagrams	The diagrams in the model, owned by the subsystems	- " -
Implementation View	The implementation view of the model, which is an architectural view showing the subsystems and layers	Elements and diagrams in the view are owned recursively via the meta-aggregation "owns"

Timing

The Implementation Model structure is established in the Elaboration Phase, and is refined as needed in the Construction Phase.

Responsibility

An integrator is responsible for the integrity of the implementation model, and ensures that:

The implementation model as a whole is correct, consistent, and readable. The implementation model is correct when it realizes the functionality described in the use-case model.
The architecture in the implementation model, described in the implementation view, fulfills its purpose. The implementation view is described in a separate artifact, refer to the Artifact: Software Architecture Document.

Note that the designer is not responsible for the implementation subsystems and components, instead, these are under the corresponding implementer's responsibilities.

Tailoring

You have to decide how to map the classes and packages in the design model to components and subsystems in the implementation model.