37.8. The RUP Product
The RUP product is a cohesive and well-crafted Web-based documentation set (HTML pages) sold by Rational Software that describes the Rational Unified Process, an updated and detailed refinement to the more general UP. It describes all artifacts, activities, and roles, provides guidelines, and includes templates for most artifacts (see Figure 37.4).
Figure 37.4. The RUP product.
The UP can be applied or adopted with the aid of process mentors and books; the basic ideas, such as iterative development, are described in this and other books.
Consequently, it is not required to own the RUP product. Nevertheless, some organizations ...
Get Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and the Unified Process, Second Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
