4.3. What Artifacts May Start in Inception?

Table 4.1 lists common inception (or early elaboration) artifacts and indicates the issues they address. Subsequent chapters will examine some of these in greater detail, especially the Use-Case Model. A key insight regarding iterative development is to appreciate that these are only partially completed in this phase, will be refined in later iterations, and should not even be created unless it is deemed likely they will add real practical value. And since it is inception, the investigation and artifact content should be light.

For example, the Use-Case Model (to be described in following chapters) may list the names of most of the expected use cases and actors, but perhaps only describe 10% of the ...

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