Table of Contents
WHAT IS THE RATIONAL UNIFIED PROCESS? ................................................................................ 1
EFFECTIVE DEPLOYMENT OF 6 BEST PRACTICES........................................................................ 1
PROCESS OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................. 3
TWO DIMENSIONS....................................................................................................................................... 3
PHASES AND ITERATIONS - THE TIME DIMENSION...................................................................... 3
INCEPTION PHASE....................................................................................................................................... 4
ELABORATION PHASE................................................................................................................................. 4
CONSTRUCTION PHASE............................................................................................................................... 6
TRANSITION PHASE .................................................................................................................................... 6
ITERATIONS ................................................................................................................................................ 7
STATIC STRUCTURE OF THE PROCESS............................................................................................. 7
ACTIVITIES, ARTIFACTS, AND WORKERS .................................................................................................... 8
WORKFLOWS .............................................................................................................................................. 9
CORE WORKFLOWS ............................................................................................................................. 10
BUSINESS MODELING ............................................................................................................................... 10
REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................................................................ 11
ANALYSIS & DESIGN................................................................................................................................ 11
IMPLEMENTATION..................................................................................................................................... 12
TEST ......................................................................................................................................................... 12
DEPLOYMENT ........................................................................................................................................... 13
PROJECT MANAGEMENT........................................................................................................................... 13
CONFIGURATION & CHANGE MANAGEMENT............................................................................................. 13
ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................................................................................... 14
RATIONAL UNIFIED PROCESS - THE PRODUCT ........................................................................... 14
NAVIGATING THE KNOWLEDGE BASE........................................................................................................ 15
DEVELOPMENT KIT FOR PROCESS CUSTOMIZATION .................................................................................. 15
INTEGRATION WITH TOOLS............................................................................................................... 16
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RATIONAL UNIFIED PROCESS........................................................ 16
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................. 18