Project Management with the IBM Rational Unified Process: Lessons From The Trenches

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RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks)

rapid user interface development tools

Rational Software Corporation

Rational Unified Process [See RUP (Rational Unified Process).]

readiness for construction, assessing

     checklist for customers

     checklist for products in development

     checklist for project environment and staffing

recommendations of implementation plans

Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID)

releases

     monitoring project performance with

     version numbers

releasing RFPs (Requests for Proposals)

reliability testing

reports

     change request management tools

     status reports

repository-based models (workspace management)

Requests for Proposals [See RFPs (Requests for Proposals).]

requirements analysts

requirements management

     business modeling

         definition of

         use cases

         user interface prototypes

         when to use

     contractor tasks

     eliciting requirements

     importance of

    offshore and long-distance projects

         communication

         cultural differences

    potential problems

         claims that requirements analysis is finished

         insufficient use cases

         lack of agreement on business process

         multiple contractors and "forgotten" stakeholders

         unbounded growth in requirements

     project postmortems

     requirements changes, tracking

    stakeholders

         access to

         collecting and disseminating information from

         "forgotten" stakeholders

         identifying

         managing in outsourcing organizations

         meetings with

         working relationships with

     testing

     tools

         additional capabilities

         core capabilities

         requirements changes, tracking

     verifying quality in requirements

RequisitePro

results of iterations

     assessing

     demonstrating

RFPs (Requests for Proposals) [See also procurement.]

     releasing

     System Realization Contracts

     System Specification Contracts

Risk Management Plans

risks

     business risks

    dependencies on external sources

         other contractors

         vendors

     funding risks

     history of

     list of

    political risks

         discovering unknown political risks

         identifying

     Risk Management Plans

     risk tracking systems

    technical risks

         discovering unknown technical risks

         identifying

         managing

         real-world example

roles

     PMO (Project Management Office)

         CCBs (Change Control Boards)

         common code, developing

         contracting officers

         data models

         internal project champions

         IT managers

         lead user representatives

         PMO project architects

         project managers

     software project teams

         architects

         CM (configuration management) role

         developers

         managing

         project managers

         quality assurance personnel

         requirements analysts

         staffing principles

         technical leads

         testers

         toolsmiths

Rumbaugh, James

RUP (Rational Unified Process) 2nd

     agility of

     best practices

         adapting the process

         balancing competing stakeholder priorities

         collaborating across teams

         demonstrating value iteratively

         elevating level of abstraction

         focusing continually on quality

     history of

    lifecycle phases [See phases.]

     mistakes in implementation

         assuming you can implement RUP perfectly the first time

         failing to integrate change requests into iterations

         failing to tailor RUP

         failing to test properly

         iterations of inappropriate length

         iterations with no clear goal

         poor project choice

     outsourcing and

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