Implementing the IBM® Rational Unified Process® and Solutions: A Guide to Improving Your Software Development Capability and Maturity

Preface

Organizations cannot select to adopt an improved process solution and toolset, such as IBM^® Rational Unified Process^® (“RUP^®”) and IBM Rational solutions, purchase some licenses, have a weekend conversion, and then re-boot the company Monday morning. Organizations are made up of people, and most people are slow to change and react to change in different ways. This book provides the readers with a roadmap to implement a process solution and tooling based on how the industry has learned to do it best. It includes the text of the book combined with links to www.upmentors.com, where you can download actual sample implementation documents (not merely templates) and tools so the readers can have a significant jump-start to work they will need ...