Resources for Analysts

Below are some resources for analysts seeking a better understanding of how to work within a RUP project.

Further Reading

Kurt Bittner and Ian Spence. Use Case Modeling . Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2003.

Alistair Cockburn. Writing Effective Use Cases . Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2001.

Ivar Jacobson, Maria Ericsson, and Agneta Jacobson. The Object Advantage: Business Process Reengineering with Object Technology . Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1994.

Philippe Kruchten. The Rational Unified Process: An Introduction, Second Edition . Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2000.

Dean Leffingwell and Don Widrig. Managing Software Requirements: A Unified Approach . Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2000.

Training Resources

The following training courses have been develop to support RUP users; they are delivered by IBM Software and its partners (see www.rational.com for more information).

• Principles of the Rational Unified Process: Web-based training.

• Essentials of the Rational Unified Process (two days).

• Principles of Use-Case Modeling with UML: Web-based training.

• Mastering Requirements Management with Use Cases (three days).