Introduction

The Rational Unified Process could be used in whole or in part "out of the box," using it casually, simply as some kind of online Reference Manual of Software Engineering Practices. But we have found that this is not the best way to take advantage of the RUP, and that organizations using this approach tend to "sink" in the RUP, trying to do everything that it describes, using too much of RUP.

The Rational Unified Process must be configured and tailored to the specific context and needs of an organization before its full implementation.

To configure the Rational Unified Process means to adapt the process product to the needs and constraints of the adopting organization by modifying the process framework delivered by Rational Software. The result of configuring the Rational Unified Process is captured in a Development Case. This aspect is covered by the RUP's Process Engineering Process (PEP) and described in Chapter 14, the Environment Discipline.

To implement the Rational Unified Process in a software development organization means to change the organization's practice so that it routinely and successfully uses a configuration of the Rational Unified Process tailored to its context and its needs.

Our colleagues Stefan Bergstrom and Lotta R berg have dedicated to this topic an entire book: Implementing the Rational Unified Process: Success with the RUP . Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2003.



The Rational Unified Process. An Introduction
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ISBN: B0072U14D8
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 193

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