WORKERS AND ARTIFACTS

In the Rational Unified Process, how is all this translated in terms of workers, artifacts, activities, and workflows? Figure 11-1 shows the workers and artifacts involved in the implementation workflow.

Figure 11-1. Workers and artifacts in implementation

The main workers involved in the implementation workflow are as follows :

The Implementer, who develops the components and related artifacts and performs unit testing
The System Integrator, who constructs a build

Other workers include:

The Architect, who defines the structure of the implementation model (layering and subsystems)
The Code Reviewer, who inspects the code for quality and conformance to the project standard

The key artifacts of implementation are as follows:

Implementation Subsystem

A collection of components and other implementation subsystems, it is used to structure the implementation model by dividing it into smaller parts .
Component

A piece of software code (source, binary, or executable) or a file containing information (for example, a start-up file or a readme file), a component can also be an aggregate of other components ”for example, an application consisting of several executables.
Integration Build Plan

This document defines the order in which the components and subsystems should be implemented and specifies the builds to be created when the system is integrated.