Activity: Support Environment During an Iteration

This activity supports the development environment for a project throughout the current iteration, where the development environment includes both process and tools.

Description	Work Breakdown Structure	Team Allocation	Work Product Usage

Purpose

The purpose of this activity is to support the developers in their use of tools and process during an iteration.

Relationships

Parent Activities	Environment

Description

Supporting the project environment is an ongoing task to allow the project members to do their job efficiently without being slowed down due to issues with the development environment. This includes installation of required software, ensuring that the hardware is functioning properly and that potential network issues are resolved without delays.

Properties

Event Driven
Multiple Occurrences
Ongoing
Optional
Planned
Repeatable

Staffing

Support of the environment is carried out by one person or a small team of several people. In large organizations, these people are often part of the company's IT department or members of its process group.

Usage

Usage Guidance

The project environment needs continuous attention. This means that tasks related to supporting the environment are performed in every iteration throughout the project, with a peak in late elaboration and early construction, when the whole project machinery is up and running.

This activity is required in most project settings.