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Table 2 Overview of artefacts

From: Working software over comprehensive documentation – Rationales of agile teams for artefacts usage

Artefact

Agile team ID

# occurrences

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

Acceptance criteria

             

x

 

x

   

2

Architecture standard

x

     

x

     

x

      

3

Bug report

x

x

x

x

  

x

x

 

x

x

x

x

 

x

  

x

 

12

Burndown chart

x

x

x

x

 

x

     

x

  

x

 

x

  

8

Business case

    

x

        

x

  

x

  

3

Business plan

  

x

  

x

   

x

  

x

      

4

Coding standard

                  

x

1

Contact

                  

x

1

Contract

x

           

x

   

x

  

3

Definition of done

       

x

        

x

  

2

Definition of ready

       

x

           

1

Deployment script

           

x

       

1

Epic

x

   

x

x

     

x

    

x

x

 

6

Functional design

x

 

x

  

x

 

x

 

x

       

x

x

7

Legislation/Regulation

         

x

  

x

      

2

Impact analysis

  

x

    

x

           

2

Implementation guide

          

x

        

1

ISO standards

           

x

       

1

Market analysis

         

x

    

x

    

2

Market requirement

    

x

x

 

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

   

11

Mock-up

      

x

    

x

    

x

  

3

Product backlog

x

x

x

  

x

x

x

x

 

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

16

Product portfolio

            

x

      

1

Product requirement

     

x

  

x

x

 

x

x

x

x

x

   

8

Prototype

                

x

  

1

Quotation

    

x

              

1

Release

   

x

 

x

x

x

  

x

  

x

   

x

 

7

Release checklist

x

               

x

  

2

Release log

                  

x

1

Release note

x

x

 

x

 

x

x

  

x

x

x

 

x

 

x

x

 

x

12

Release plan

x

  

x

   

x

    

x

      

4

Request for information

     

x

             

1

Requirement

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

 

x

x

x

 

x

x

x

 

2

Retrospective report

        

x

        

x

 

2

Risk assessment

  

x

  

x

      

x

  

x

x

  

5

Roadmap

x

 

x

   

x

x

x

x

x

 

x

   

x

 

x

10

Source code

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

 

x

 

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

17

Sprint backlog

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

 

18

Status board

 

x

x

  

x

x

x

          

x

6

Task

       

x

x

        

x

 

3

Technical design

  

x

          

x

     

2

Technical documentation

x

x

   

x

     

x

     

x

 

5

Technical requirement

x

      

x

   

x

       

3

Technical roadmap

         

x

         

1

Template functional description

                  

x

1

Test case

  

x

       

x

x

  

x

    

4

Test criteria

 

x

                 

1

Test plan

x

    

x

       

x

 

x

   

4

Test report

 

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

     

x

  

x

  

7

Unit test report

 

x

   

x

          

x

  

3

Use case

     

x

x

         

x

  

3

User acceptance test

x

x

   

x

          

x

  

4

User manual

         

x

x

   

x

   

x

4

User story

x

x

x

x

x

x

 

x

x

x

x

x

x

  

x

x

x

 

15

Vision/Strategy

  

x

    

x

    

x

  

x

   

4