Stage Without Duration

Definition

Stage Without Duration

a stage that models a point in time by which one or more work products are to be completed or by which one or more work units are to be performed

Classification

As illustrated in the preceding figure, Stage Without Duration is part of the following inheritance hierarchy:

• Type: Abstract
• Superclass: Stage
• Subclasses:
  • Milestone
  • Inch Pebble

Responsibilities

The typical responsibilities of a Stage Without Duration are to:

• Provide an overall temporal organization to endeavors.
• Enable producers to:
  • Identify both actual and intended points in time.
  • Schedule the production of work products.
  • Timebox work units.

Guidelines

• Stage Without Duration is an abstract class of process components; concrete subclasses must be used to create process components for a specific endeavor.