Agility and Order - Best Practices for RUP

Author: Per Kroll
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: In this book, experts on the Rational Unified Process (RUP) and OpenUP, Per Kroll and Bruce Macisaac, have used 20 well-defined best practices. You and your team can now adopt these best practices to improve the agility, predictability, speed, and cost of software development. Kroll and Macisaac outline recognized software development principles and provide numerous supporting practices for each one. You will learn the problems each practice addresses and how to fully leverage RUP and OpenUP (an open-source version of RUP) to benefit from these practices. You will find proactive, descriptive guidance on how to adopt practices with lower risk and implement large or small amounts of RUP or OpenUP as needed.
In Agile and Rigorous Development Made Easy, experts on the Rational Unified Process (RUP) and OpenUP, Per Kroll and Bruce Maclsaac, have used 20 well-defined best practices. You and your team can now adopt these best practices to improve the agility, predictability, speed, and cost of software development. Kroll and Maclsaac outline recognized software development principles and provide numerous supporting practices for each one. You will learn the problems each practice addresses and how to fully leverage RUP and OpenUP (an open-source version of RUP) to benefit from these practices. You will find proactive, descriptive guidance on how to adopt practices with lower risk and implement large or small amounts of RUP or OpenUP as needed.
Learn how to apply template practices from the unified process so you can:
- Execute your project in iterations
- Embrace and manage changes
- Test your code
- Describe requirements from a user's perspective
- Use components and services for architecture
- Model key concepts
Whether you are interested in agile or rigorous development using RUP, OpenUP, or other agile processes, this book will provide you with a simple, free, and effective path to improved results. It will help reduce anxiety and costs associated with software improvement without putting pressure on you or your team.