Essentials of Software Engineering, 5th Edition

4.4 Entry and Exit Criteria

The processes discussed so far have emphasized the sequencing and coordination of activities. The RUP does, however, go further and provide some guidelines on what artifacts need to be developed by whom. Still, there are very few guidelines on how much of each activity must be performed. That is, what are the exit criteria for each activity and the entry criteria for the next follow-on activity?

FIGURE 4.7 shows that the entry criteria for an activity must be met before the activity can start. The exit criteria must be met before the activity can be considered complete and before the next activity may start. The difficulty comes in when the activities overlap in a concurrent manner. The entry and exit criteria must ...