The Rational Unified Process: An Introduction (2nd Edition)

This concise book offers a quick introduction to the concepts, structure, content, and motivation of the Rational Unified Process--a Web-enabled software engineering process that enhances team productivity and delivers software best practices to all team members. The Rational Unified Process is unique in that it allows development teams to recognize the full benefits of the Unified Modeling Language (UML), software automation, and other industry best practices.

The Rational Unified Process unifies the entire software development team and optimizes the productivity of every team member by putting the collective experience derived from thousands of projects and many industry leaders at your fingertips. With this book as your guide, you will be able to more easily produce, within a predictable schedule and a reasonable budget, the highest-quality software possible. Throughout the book, the author shares his inside knowledge of the process, focusing his coverage on key aspects that are critical to mastering this proven approach to software development.

This Second Edition has been updated to match and reflect the contents of the latest version of the Rational Unified Process. In particular, RUP 2000 offers:

More guidance for e-development Roadmaps that provide overviews of how to apply the process to a wide variety of projects and technologies Expanded analysis of testing, spanning the entire product lifecycle Improved coverage of application interface design--especially as it applies to developing effective web applications Enhanced details for developing real-time and reactive systems Insights into designing systems using patterns and frameworks

Philippe Kruchten is the lead architect of the Rational Unified Process. He has more than thirty years of experience in the development of large software-intensive systems for the telecommunications, defense, aerospace, and transportation industries. His book The Rational Unified Process: An Introduction (Addison-Wesley) has been translated into eight languages and has sold more than 160,000 copies in its two previous editions.

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