Project Rules are defined by the team to enhance the collaboration and to define project standards.
Description
Document a rule defined by the team to improve collaboration. Project rules also help to define project standards and conventions. Try to automate the checking process. This helps team members to fix rule violations quickly.
Properties
The document type project-rule provides the following properties:
Type
Specify the type of the project rule to organize them.
Use the Project Rule Type to define types of project rules.
Sections
Description
Describe the purpose of the project rule.
Justification
Explain every rule so that each team member understands the reasons, why this rule is important. This also allows the team members to test, if the reasons are (still) valid and make suggestions for improvement.
Advantages
List the advantages gained on using this rule.
Disadvantages
Most rules come with a cost. List the disadvantages of following the rule here. Maybe they could be mitigated by adjusting the rule?
Recommendations
List the recommendations or best practices on how to apply this rule. Hopefully the test of having the rule applied successfully can be automated. List a reference to the tools to use here.
Test
Show how the successful application of the rule can be tested.
