2.9. Further Readings

A very readable introduction to the UP and its refinement in the RUP is The Rational Unified Process—An Introduction by Philippe Kruchten, the lead architect of the RUP.

A description of the original UP can be found in The Unified Software Development Process by Jacobson, Booch, and Rumbaugh. It is worth study, but Kruchten's introduction is recommended first, as it is smaller and more succinct, and the RUP updates and refines the original UP.

Rational Software sells the online Web-based RUP documentation product, which provides comprehensive reading on RUP artifacts and activities, and templates for most artifacts. See Chapter 37 for a brief discussion. An organization can run a UP project just using mentors and books as ...

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