Procedure

Definition

Procedure

a convention that specifies how to perform a work unit

Classification

As illustrated in the preceding figure, procedures are part of the following inheritance hierarchy:

• Type: Concrete
• Superclass: Convention
• Subclasses: None
• Example Instances:
  • Procedure for performing requirements elicitation (i.e., a procedure that documents a task).
  • Procedure for producing the systems requirements specification (i.e., a procedure that documents a workflow).

Responsibilities

The typical responsibilities of a procedure are to:

• Document how to perform a task.
• Document how to perform a work flow (e.g., produce a work product).

Guidelines

• Procedures typically document a sequence of steps with possible branching, looping, and exception handling.
• Procedures typically consist of steps that are manually performed by one or more roles that are members of one or more teams.