Commonly Used Artifacts

A value proposition for a proposed project that may

include financial and nonfinancial benefits.

• Business model canvas

• Business case

• Project brief

• Project charter

An ordered list of work to be done.

• Backlog

• Assumption log

• Change log

• Risk register

A comprehensive list of changes submitted during the

project and their current status.

• Risk-adjusted backlog

• Issue log

• Lesson learned register

• Change log

It can can include the person responsible

for managing the risk, probability, impact, risk score, and planned risk responses.

• Change log

• Issue log

• Risk register

• Risk-adjusted backlog

A plan that sets expectations for the dates, features, and/or outcomes

expected to be delivered over the course of multiple iterations.

• Iteration plan

• Requirements management plan

• Release plan

• Project management plan

This document describes deliverables that will be tested, tests that will be

conducted, and the processes that will be used in testing.

• Requirements management plan

• Resource management plan

• Change control plan

• Test plan

A hierarchical decomposition of the total

scope of work to be carried out by the project team to accomplish the project objectives

and create the required deliverables.

• Product breakdown structure

• Resource breakdown structure

• Work breakdown structure

• Organizational breakdown structure

The approved estimate for the project or any work breakdown

structure (WBS) component or any schedule activity.

• Budget baseline

• Performance measurement baseline

• Scope baseline

• Project schedule

This type of schedule presents milestones with planned dates.

• Performance measurement baseline

• Milestone schedule

• Project schedule

• Scope baseline

A graphical representation of the work remaining

in a timebox or the work completed toward the release of a product or project deliverable.

• Affinity diagram

• Burndown/burnup chart

• Cause-and-effect diagram

• Histogram