The goal of the Environment discipline is to provide adequate support for the development organization in tools, processes, and methods .
A software development organization usually creates a Configuration of the Rational Unified Process, tailored to its context, its need, and the size and type of project.
The actual process used by the project is described in a Development Case. A Development Case describes how the project will apply the Rational Unified Process.
Many activities and steps of the Rational Unified Process can be automated through the use of tools, thereby removing the most tedious , human- intensive , and error-prone aspects of software development.
