The Rational Unified Process
by Philippe Kruchten

The author, Philippe Kruchten talks about his book - A roadmap to the Rational Unified Process:
This book is not the "Silver Bullet". This book is not an end, the ultimate answer. It is only a start, the tip of an iceberg, a beach-head for your discovery of the Rational Unified Process. This software development process is quite comprehensive, covering many different disciplines and can be overwhelming at first, a maze sometimes, and I wrote this book to be your travel guide when researching it. I have tried to present in simple terms the key principles and the underlying concepts, to introduce the jargon and to provide roadmaps for your personal exploration of the Rational Unified Process. Although only my name shows up on the cover, this book is the result of the collective effort of many people; first my team, the Rational Process Development Group, which spreads from Vancouver to Stockholm, and scores of other "rationalites." In this development process, we have tried to capture, synthesize and present the best software development practices we could identify, based on our own experience, and that of our partners and customers.

"Rational visualizes the elements and modalities of code and projects in a fashion found compelling by increasing numbers of corporate customers. It's a vision embodied in several software suites, including the eponymous Rational Unified Process, for which this book is designed to serve as the introduction. Face it, you are going to run into Rational on the job. This volume is a good place to get know about it." - --Jack Woehr, Dr. Dobb's Journal

 other great books:

• Software Project Management : A Unified Framework (The Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series); Walker Royce
• Applying Use Cases : A Practical Guide (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series); Geri Schneider, et al
• Unified Software Development Process(Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series); Ivar Jacobson, et al
• The Unified Modeling Language User Guide (The Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series); Grady Booch, et al

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