The Rational Unified Process: An Introduction (3rd Edition)

SUMMARY

• The Rational Unified Process is a software development process covering the entire software development lifecycle.

• It is a process product that brings a wealth of knowledge, always up-to-date, to the developer's workstation, in the form of an "e-coach," or electronic coach.

• It embeds guidance on many modern techniques and approaches: object technology and component-based development, modeling and UML, architecture, iterative development, and so on.

• It is not a frozen product; rather, it is alive , constantly maintained , and continuously evolving.

• It is based on a solid process architecture, and that allows a development organization to configure and tailor it to suit its needs.

• It supports our six best practices for software development:

  1. Develop software iteratively.

  2. Manage requirements.

  3. Use component-based architectures.

  4. Visually model software.

  5. Continuously verify software quality.

  6. Control changes to software.

• It is supported by an extensive palette of tools developed by Rational Software.