Project anatomy
A project anatomy (also integration anatomy or organic integration plan) is a tool for integration planning that visualizes dependencies between work items in development projects. It is mainly used in incremental development and integration driven development projects.
The project anatomy has evolved from the system anatomy and in its purest form the work items (called work packages) reflect the development of system capabilities. Often a more pragmatic approach is taken, though, where work packages may contain other items with important dependencies as well, e.g. HW deliveries for embedded systems.
Benefits:
Simple
Easy to grasp view of what to do, what is done and the dependencies between work packages
Collaborative
Common view for developers, project managers and sponsors
Helps in finding and managing risks and delays
Can be used to manage dependencies between teams and sprints in large agile development projects
Limitations:
Can include, but not manage, lead time aspects