Rational Unified Process

The training is designed to provide learners with an introduction to the RUP software engineering process and framework.

The course explains the software development principles behind the RUP and shows learners how to apply the RUP in their own organisations.

Learning Segment 1: Understanding the RUP

This learning segment shows learners what the Rational Unified Process is and explains the motivation behind its development and its application. This learning segment also provides an overview of the underlying development principles behind the RUP.

Objectives:

• Define the Rational Unified Process (RUP) Explain the underlying principles of the RUP Compare iterative and waterfall development approaches Explain briefly the four development phases in the RUP Explain the modeling elements of the RUP

Topics:

• Defining the RUP
• Underlying principles of the RUP approach
• The RUP and iterative development
• Dynamic structure of the RUP
• Static structure of the RUP
• Customisable process product
• Guidelines for success with the RUP
• Attacking major risks
• Delivering value to the customer
• Staying focused
• Accommodating change
• Baselining an executable architecture
• Building your system with components
• Working together as one team
• Making quality a way of life

Learning Segment 2: Inception and Elaboration Phases

This learning segment provides learners with a detailed explanation of the first two phases of the RUP development process: Inception and Elaboration.

Objectives:

• Explain the objectives of the Inception phase Produce a Vision document for a project
• Explain the objectives of the Elaboration phase
• Define an executable architecture for a project
• Design critical use cases for a project

Topics:

• Understanding the phases
• Objectives of the Inception phase
• Understanding what to build
• Identifying key system functionality
• Determining possible solutions
• Understanding costs, schedule, and risks
• Choosing a process and tools
• Objectives of the Elaboration phase
• Understanding the requirements
• Designing the architecture Implementing the architecture
• Mitigating risks
• Establishing the development environment

Learning Segment 3: Construction and Transition Phases

This learning segment provides learners with a detailed explanation of the final two phases of the RUP development process: Construction and Transition.

Objectives:

• Explain the objectives of the Construction phase
• Achieve parallelism among team members
• Prepare a product for beta and final deployment
• Explain the objectives of the Transition phase
• Validate that a project meets user expectations

Topics:

• Objectives of the Construction phase
• Minimizing development costs
• Developing a complete product
• Deploying the product
• Objectives of the Transition phase
• Beta testing Achieving user self-reliability
• Preparing the deployment site
• Preparing for launch
• Achieving stakeholder approval
• Improving future project performance

Learning Segment 4: Adopting the RUP

This learning segment explains the RUP product and how it can be extended and configured to meet specific needs.

This learning segment also outlines strategies for implementing the RUP, including incremental rollout, pilot projects, and training curricula.

Objectives:

• Explain how to configure the RUP product for a specific project
• Produce an RUP Process Configuration
• Produce RUP Process Views
• Compare thin and structural RUP plug-ins
• Explain how to adopt the RUP in projects of various sizes
• Explain how to adopt the RUP for moderate or major change

Topics:

• Configuring the RUP
• Instantiating the RUP in a project
• Customising the RUP
• Creating structural RUP plug-ins
• Assessing and planning for the RUP
• Adopting the RUP in a project
• Adopting the RUP in a small project
• Adopting the RUP in a large organisation
• Studying RUP implementation cases

Learning Segment 5: Planning an Iterative Project

This learning segment shows learners how to move from a waterfall approach to iterative development and how to plan an RUP project. This learning segment also discusses common mistakes made when adopting the RUP, and how to avoid them.

Objectives:

• Explain the key concepts behind iterative planning
• Build coarse-grained project plans
• Build fine-grained iteration plans
• Avoid common mistakes related to RUP implementation
• Avoid common mistakes related to iterative development

Topics:

• Motivation and key concepts
• Project plans and iteration plans
• Building a project plan
• Determining the number of iterations
• Iteration planning Estimating
• Optimising the project plan
• Avoiding mistakes when adopting the RUP
• Avoiding RUP-related pitfalls
• Avoiding mistakes when managing iterative development
• Avoiding iterative development-related pitfalls
• Avoiding mistakes in specialized work roles
• Avoiding work role-related pitfalls

Learning Segment 6: RUP for Project Managers, Analysts, and Architects

This learning segment provides a guide to the RUP tailored to the perspective of three crucial software development roles: project manager, analyst, and architect.

Objectives:

• Explain the mission of an RUP project manager
• Explain the mission of an RUP project manager
• Explain the mission of an RUP analyst
• Describe the activities of an RUP analyst
• Explain the mission of an RUP architect
• Describe the activities of an RUP architect

Topics:

• The mission of a project manager
• Project management
• Activities of a project manager
• The mission of an analyst
• Understanding your business
• Developing a vision
• Developing a use case model
• Fine-tuning your models
• The mission of an architect
• Understanding architecture
• An evolving role
• Defining the RUP
• The architect's roles in the RUP

Learning Segment 7: RUP for Developers and Testers

Summary:

This learning segment provides a guide to the RUP that is tailored to the perspective of two crucial software development roles: developer and tester.

Objectives:

• Explain the mission of a developer and how it relates to the RUP
• Describe the activities of a developer in an RUP-driven project
• Explain the mission of a tester and how it relates to the RUP
• Describe the activities of a tester in an RUP-driven project

Topics:

• The mission of a developer
• Understanding requirements and design constraints
• Designing use cases Implementing and testing use cases
• Designing, implementing, and testing databases
• Integrating with other developers
• Developer best practices
• The mission of a tester
• Defining testing
• The RUP testing philosophy
• The test discipline in the RUP
• Activities of the tester

Features:

• Flash and audio provide animated, interactive Lesson Introductions, Activities, and Simulations.
• Activities allow learners to apply course concepts in an interactive questioning environment.
• Exercises allow learners to practice in the actual application being studied.
• A Course Topics list contains active hyperlinks, permitting quick access to specific topics.
• Find-A-Word allows learners to look up an unfamiliar term in the Glossary, on the Web, or in a dictionary.
• In addition, it lets them find other occurrences of the term in the same course.
• Search text enables learners to rapidly search all text within a course to easily retrieve information required.
• Courses challenge the learner with a variety of question formats, including multi-step simulations, true/false, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank.
• A skill assessment generates a customized learning path based on the results of a pre-test.
• A glossary provides a reference for definitions of unfamiliar terms.
• Bookmarking tracks the learner's progress in a course.

Technical Requirements:

P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.