December 2001
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
7h 36m
English
RUP and XP are two popular and highly successful software development processes. Whereas RUP takes an all-encompassing approach to software development by formulating an extensive suite of software development best practices, XP takes a minimalistic approach, promoting only those 12 principles it deems absolutely necessary. While each approach has advantages and disadvantages, the underlying truth is that XP can be viewed as a minimal instance of RUP. Finally, possessing knowledge of and gleaning necessary information from each approach results in our ability to develop better software.
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