A

Abstract classes, 508

Acceptance tests, 455, 456

Access control requirements, 296, 297

Access speed, optimization of, 427–432

Acknowledgment messages, 338, 340

Acquisition strategy(-ies), 262–278

alternative matrix of, 274–275

applying concepts of, 275–277

and business need, 270–271

custom development, 264–265

and in-house experience, 271

outsourcing, 267–269

packaged software, 265–267

and project management, 272

and project skills, 271–272

selecting, 270, 272–277

and time frame, 272

Actions, interface, 328

Action-object order, 335

Activity-based costing, 133, 136

Activity elimination, 136

Actors:

in sequence diagrams, 531–532

in use cases, 150, 151, 518

Adjusted project complexity (APC)

factor, 90, 92

Adoption:

enabling, 488–490

motivating, 486–488

Advanced Communications, 78