For More Information

A good starting point to help you learn more about RUP is the "Process Essentials" topic, available in RUP. If you don't have a copy of RUP, you can evaluate it online at www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/rup. Once you get going, Rational offers plenty of helpful support at the same Web site, including webinars, reading lists, and a discussion forum. So even if you're working on a small project, you still have access to a large development community ^[6] and many other resources. ^[7]

^[6] There is an active community of RUP practitioners on the Rational Developer Network at www.rational.net.

^[7] See, for example, The Rational Unified Process: An Introduction by Philippe Kruchten and The Rational Unified Process Made Easy by Per Kroll and Philippe Kruchten.