Tailoring and Introduction of the Rational Unified Process

Abstract

Abstract. RUP is a comprehensive software development process framework that has gained a lot of interest by the industry. One major challenge of taking RUP into use is to tailor it to specific needs and then to introduce it into a development organization. This study presents a review and a systematic assembly of existing studies on the tailoring and introduction of RUP. From a systematic search for study reports on this topic we found that most research is anecdotal and focus on the effects of RUP itself. Only a few number of studies address tailoring and introduction. We have found that tailoring RUP is a considerable challenge by itself and that it must be closely related to existing best practices. We see a tendency of turning from large complete process frameworks towards smaller and more light-weight processes which may impose a smoother transition from process model to process in use.

Systematic literature reviews in software engineering – A tertiary study

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“…used terms such as ''literature survey" [18] or ''assembly of studies" [19], or just the term ''review" without any qualification [20,21]). Did not use any terms related to review (e.g.…”

A User-Centered, Object-Oriented Methodology for Developing Health Information Systems: A Clinical Information System (CIS) Example

“…UML describes thirteen different types of diagrams while UP and RUP suggest a huge number of activities and artifacts. Hansen G. K. et al present a review and a systematic assembly of existing studies on tailoring and introduction of RUP [31]. According to their study, RUP is out of the box too complex; tailoring it to specific needs is also too complex.…”

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“…Esto origina que la experiencia, conocimiento y análisis involucrado en el proceso de adaptación no sea capturado y por lo tanto, no sea compartido y reutilizado. El Proceso Unificado -UP [4] es un marco de procesos software aplicado a múltiples contextos de proyectos y en numerosas organizaciones en el mundo [2]. Reportes de experiencia, libros y publicaciones científicas indican un considerable interés en el uso de UP en la industria mundial.…”

“…UP es presentado como un marco de procesos adaptable en [4], donde se debe considerar el tamaño del producto, el dominio del problema, la complejidad del sistema, la experiencia de las personas y el nivel del proceso organizacional para efectuar su adaptación. Además, UP incluye una guía general y manual para su adaptación, que no explica de forma clara cómo los elementos del proceso deben ser seleccionados o adaptados de acuerdo a un contexto específico [2], [5]. De esta forma, el proceso de adaptación del UP es propenso al error y consume tiempo.…”