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This role leads the planning and execution of implementation element integration to produce builds. |
Role Sets: Development |
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Relationships

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Additionally Performs |
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Modifies |
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Main Description
Implementers deliver their tested Implementation Elements into an integration workspace, whereas this role combines
them to produce a build. This role is also responsible for planning the integration, which takes place at the
subsystem and system levels, with each having a separate integration workspace. Tested elements are delivered from an
implementer's private development workspace into a subsystem integration workspace, whereas integrated implementation
subsystems are delivered from the subsystem integration workspace into the system integration workspace.
Further Reading
See Code Complete - A Practical Handbook of Software Construction [MCO93].
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Staffing
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The appropriate skills and knowledge for this role include:
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knowledge of the system or part of the system to be integrated. In particular, this role needs to know the
interdependencies between Implementation Elements and the inter-dependencies between Implementation Subsystems, and
how their development and dependencies are expected to change over time.
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familiarity with integration tools
A person in this role needs to have good coordination skills, as he/she often works with multiple developers to
ensure a successful integration.
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Assignment Approaches |
It may sometimes be appropriate for an individual acting as this role to also act as tester. For example, if
the project is small or the integration is at the subsystem level, it may be an effective use of resources to have this
role and tester be the same team member. Indeed, for subsystem-level integration and test, a single individual
might play the role of implementer, this role, and tester. At the system level, however, we recommend that integration
and testing are performed by an independent team.
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