Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and the Unified Process, Second Edition

37.1. Additional UP Best Practices and Concepts

The central idea to appreciate and practice in the UP is short timeboxed iterative, adaptive development. Some additional best practices and key concepts in the UP include:

• Tackle high-risk and high-value issues in early iterations— For example, if the new system is a server application that has to handle 2,000 concurrent clients with sub-second transaction response time, do not wait for many months (or years) to design and implement this high risk requirement. Rather, quickly focus on designing, programming, and proving the essential software components and architecture for this risky issue; leave the easier work till later iterations. The idea is to drive down the high risks in the early iterations, ...