This book teaches you how to implement the Rational Unified Process (RUP) so that you reap immediate returns on your significant investment. With the help of this book's practical advice and real-world case study, software practitioners will learn how to initiate and maintain the changes needed for an organization to successfully adopt the RUP as a new process. Adopting the Rational Unified Process picks up where Per Kroll and Philippe Krutchen's The Rational Unified Process Made Easy (Addison-Wesley, 2003) leaves off. By taking a guided tour of Volvo's recent RUP implementation, you'll learn the goals and metrics for adoption, how to select an implementation strategy, and the key points of an implementation plan. You'll also gain insight into management's perspective on the RUP and learn how to best make a business case for adopting the process. In addition to sharing best practices and proven strategies, the authors compare actual implementations with the RUP standard.
Key topics covered include:
- Setting implementation goals and identifying risks and opportunities
- Adopting an implementation plan, communicating the plan, and establishing the pilot projects
- Supporting projects with mentoring
- Avoiding the seven sins of a RUP project, from "planning to death" to "failing to move the product to maintenance"
- Tailoring the process to fit your organization's needs, including selecting from the RUP, adding process information, and changing the RUP
- Documenting your process: tools and tips
Use Adopting the Rational Unified Process to quickly and painlessly adopt the RUP, so you can reap the rewards of a more productive development environment.
