Chpater 4. Getting Started: The Project Members Become a Team


RUP describes phases of a project, starting with Inception. Perhaps because we were starting a brand new project, we found that we needed some time to come together as a team before we started the Inception phase.

This chapter presents those things we did to address the teamwork aspects of the project. It would be nice if teams were given time to learn how to work well together, and then continue as a team from project to project. Unfortunately, this rarely happens. Our professions experience high turnover in personnel. Organizations often compensate for the possible loss of people by using a matrix-style organization where people are farmed out to projects as needed. As a result, the people who work on projects never seem to be able to put down roots and get to know their teammates.



Software Development for Small Teams. A RUP-Centric Approach
Software Development for Small Teams: A RUP-Centric Approach (The Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series)
ISBN: 0321199502
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 112

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