Practice: Staged Integration
This practice covers the integration of small subsystems into progressively larger ones until the whole system is integrated.
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Purpose
The purpose of this practice is to guide the team in scaling up the system integration strategy. The team creates build procedures that define how the integration of the various subsystems (also referred to as components) will be conducted to achieve progressively larger subsystems, which culminates into the final, integrated system.
How to read this practice

The best way to read this practice is to first familiarize yourself with its overall structure: what it is in it and how it is organized.

The best place to start is with the Key Concepts for the practice: those concepts that are critical to understand in order to adopt the practice. Once you understand the key concepts, you can turn your attention to the Work Products produced by the practice. Then you can review the practices Tasks. From the work products and the tasks, you can access applicable guidance: guidelines and tool mentors associated with each task provide details about how to perform the task. Templates and checklists associated with the work products guide you in their completion and evaluation. You can also access the guidance provided by the practice directly, via the Guidance folder.

Additional Information

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