Some value, but not a lot more than the introductory book
I read 'Rational Unified Process - An Introduction' some years ago and found it excellent. I got 'Rational Unified Process Made Easy' in the hope that it would provide some more substance to the ideas from the introductory book. However it didn't seem to really add that much value.
The sections covering each of the major disciplines are useful, as is the guidance on implementing RUP in projects or organisations. In contrast 'Rational Unified Process Made Easy' misses a good summary of the key artefacts.
All up I felt the book was hampered by the desire not to undermine the RUP product that IBM sells.
I write much better software now
I'm a solo developer, and without this book i would be refactoring my code every few days still.
Thank you RUP for putting my head on straight to understand iterations of the SDLC and apply them to even small projects with few assets.
RUP gives you the tools to understand your system before you write it by iteratively working with the people who will be using the system! Your customers/Users!
A Practical guide to RUP
Excellent guide to get up to speed with RUP. Having never worked with RUP this guide proved extremely beneficial to get the project started and will be used through all iterations.
The Pragmatic RUP Introduction
There is plenty of theory written about RUP, but how it should be applied to your role or your project is often misunderstood.
This book not only provides the overview, but the contextual guidance to make RUP work for you.
As a long-term RUP mentor and user, I highly recommend it.
You need this book if you're doing RUP
This book does a great job of showing steps of practical application of the RUP. The book may seem repetitive on a few points, but I feel the points bear repeating. This book has been invaluable in helping cut through the misinformation thrown around by some who have gotten the executive summary of RUP and know just enough to be dangerous. I recently completed a seven-part online course on the RUP that was based on this book. The book did a far better job of making the RUP understandable.
