About the Authors

Per Kroll is the project leader on the Eclipse Process Framework Project, an open-source project, and development manager for RUP and IBM Rational Method Composer. He is responsible for IBM Rational's strategy in the process area, including integration between methods and tools, and method integration within IBM. Per has twenty years of software development experience in supply chain management, telecom, communications, and software product development. He is the coauthor of the highly acclaimed The Rational Unified Process Made Easy (Addison-Wesley).

Per lives in Los Gatos, California, with his wife, Susan, daughter, Natasha, and golden retriever, Copper. He enjoys running, playing floorball (a common Nordic sport centered around beating other middle-aged men over the shins), hiking, and any type of board game. He is known to have an occasional beer, and he loves to dance.

Bruce MacIsaac is the technical lead and manager for RUP and OpenUP content development at IBM Rational. Over the last twenty years, Bruce has served in a variety of management and technical roles, leading both small and large software development teams. More recently, he developed the first version of IRUP, the IBM internal-tailored instance of RUP, co-developed the initial version of OpenUP, and led the migration of RUP to its most recent incarnation in Rational Method Composer. He is now responsible for realizing IBM process strategy, integrating existing methods in a scaleable framework, and developing new content to cover the needs of different kinds of projects and businesses.

Bruce left the rain of Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2004 with his wife, Kathy, and children, Blaise and Courtney, to dry out in San Jose, California. He enjoys roller-blading, skiing, tennis, and all styles of dance. Although Bruce and Per enjoy many of the same things, they are easy to tell apartBruce has more hair and is a better dancer.