Effective Software Project Management

The Monitoring and Controlling Phase of an Iterative SDPM Strategy for the Rational Unified Process Model

The Monitoring and Controlling Phase of an Iterative SDPM strategy for the Rational Unified Process (RUP) model is highlighted in Figure 21-7.

Figure 21-7. The Monitoring Phase of an Iterative SDPM strategy for the Rational Unified Process model

RUP can be a heavy or light process. On the heavy side you have formal use case documentation, formal systems, and detailed design documents. These are revised and updated as each iteration is completed. On the light side, you can take a more tacit approach to use cases with much of the documentation being understood among the team members. Use cases often are the infrastructure on which the solution is built, and the library of use cases can be the documentation depository.

The total number of use cases implemented compared to the total number to be implemented is the simplest metric for measuring status and progress of the SDPM strategy for the Rational Unified Process model. Presumably the use cases have been prioritized and developed in priority order in accordance with the dependency relationships among the use cases.

Within an iteration, a use case itself can be used as the metric to measure progress. Each use case has a number of features aligned with it. The number of features implemented as a percentage of the total number ...