Software Component Retirement

Definition

Software component retirement is the retirement subactivity consisting of the cohesive collection of all tasks that are primarily performed to retire a software component from service.

Goals

The typical goals of software component retirement are to:

• Take the software component out of service.

Objectives

The typical objectives of software component retirement are to:

• Cease software component usage in an orderly manner.
• Retire any associated documentation.

Examples

Typical examples of the software component retirement activity include:

• Retire a single software component.
• Retire multiple related software components.

Preconditions

Software component retirement typically may begin when the following conditions hold:

• A software component has been selected for retirement.
• The retirement team is initially staffed and adequately trained in the relevant retirement tasks.

Completion Criteria

Software component retirement is typically complete when the following conditions hold:

• The software component is no longer in use.
• The associated documentation has been retired (e.g., archived or properly disposed of).

Tasks

Software component retirement typically involves the following teams performing the following retirement tasks in an iterative, incremental, parallel, and time-boxed manner:

• Retirement Team:
  • Retirement Planning
  • Retirement Notification
  • Operations Termination
  • Component Archival
  • Component Disposal
  • Documentation Archival
  • Documentation Disposal

Environments

Software component retirement is typically performed using the following environment(s) and associated tools:

• Production Environment:
  • Documentation Tools
  • Configuration Management Tools

Work Products

Software component retirement typically results in the production of the following work products:

• Software Component Retirement Plan
• Software Component Retirement Notification

Phases

Software component retirement tasks are typically performed during the following phases:

• Business Strategy: Not Applicable
• Business Optimization: Completed
• Initiation: Not Applicable
• Construction: Not Applicable
• Delivery: Not Applicable
• Usage: Not Applicable
• Retirement: Completed

Guidelines

• TBD