Editorial Reviews:
Is the Unified Process the be all and end all standard for developing object-oriented component-based software? Scott Ambler doesn't think so. This book is one in a four-volume series that presents a critical review of the Unified Process -- designed to present a more robust software process that addresses your development and production needs. The series has been organized to address each of the four phases of the UP -- Inception, Elaboration, Construction, and Transition. It will: * Provide you a balanced perspective of the alternative design methodologies available. * Propose a synthesized software process that addresses the scope of your real world. * Present materials from the Software Development magazine that will flesh out each of the UP phases. You get the collective wisdom of industry luminaries. Articles by Peter Coad, Larry Constantine, Martin Fowler, David Linthicum, Mary Loomis, Steve Maguire, Steve McConnell, Clemens Szyperski, and Karl Wiegers, and others, provide perspective on the macro issues like: * How large-scale, mission critical software is developed and maintained. * How each workflow fits into the overall development lifecycle. * Tips and techniques to enhance your role (and career). And they address the details of implementing a software process with best practices on such issues as code inspections, configuration management, change control, and architectural modeling of your software organization. Fill the gaps between theory and practice with a plan that includes the nuts and bolts. The Elaboration Phase -- the second of four chronological phases in the UP -- focuses on defining, validating, and establishing the baseline architecture for a system. A carefully selected array of articles address the vital elements of this phase. Subjects include developing frameworks, component architectures, designing with interfaces, building large systems, using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) effectively, working with legacy systems, modeling business rules, selecting tools, building your development team, user interface prototyping, testing your requirements, and effectively managing metrics.
Customer Reviews:
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 The RUP would be RIP without this book series
The guy from Toronto got it right. This is a great book that collects really good articles written by some of my favorite writers. I first read the Construction Phase book then quickly bought this book and the Inception phase book and have found all three to be valuable. My company is trying to implement the RUP right now and struggled because there was clearly some missing techniques. This book series presents a lot of what is missing in the RUP, and it really helped us to fill in a lot of the missing stuff. Too bad Ambler and Constantine don't work for Rational. The RUP would be RIP without this book
This is a really great book. It goes into detail about an improved version of the lifecycle for the Unified Process, one that actually addresses the real world needs of most companies. Trying to use the RUP on multiple projects? Trying to have a common architecture between them? Worried about integrating with your legacy systems? This book covers these topics and more with some of the best articles ever published in Software Development magazine. I'm really into some of the philosophies of XP and as a result really liked the chapter on testing which presents a wide range of testing techniques and strategies. The A&D chapter included a really great article about distributed object design by Scott Ambler and one about Java interface design by Peter Coad, two topics critical for EJB development IMHO. The business modeling chapter was excellent, covering essential modeling, business rules, and a great UML article by Martin Fowler. It's amazing how this book collects some of the best material written by the best minds in the computer industry.Personally, I can't imagine anyone adopting the RUP without first reading this book series. I think it's great that someone has gone to the effort to sort through the best articles written by some of the best minds in this industry. Kudos to Ambler and Constantine for having the courage to stand up and say what many others have been afraid to.  Disappointed in Colorado
Be forewarned. This book expresses very little original thought and is merely a collection of "other peoples" articles. This provides for very little logical flow for someone wanting to apply RUP. Where are the examples, tips of the trade, and how-to's?Shame on me for not having gone to the book store first to look at the book as the online description gives no indication that it was in a periodical format. I expected more from Scott after having read is other great "original thought" books. Surprising relevant collection of articles with great intro
I haven't read a bad book yet, and this is another good one. The reason I haven't read a bad book is because I read all of the reviews on Amazon.com and then go to a bookstore to get a feel for the book before finally buying it from Amazon.com. This screening process I perform allows me to always choose a book worth my time reading. The Unified Process Elaboration Phase, like all ther other books I've read, is a really good book. The author Scott Ambler provides great introductions to each chapter about the Software Development magazine articles that follow in each chapter that he appropriatley selects as relevant to the current workflow discussed as pertaining to the Unified Process. Scott Ambler is a seasoned software engineer with many real world analogies, experiences and examples to share and is an effective writer, as are all the authors of the articles contained in this book. It would take years reading a good software engineering magazines' articles and filtering out the relevant ones to particular topics to get the same knowledge this book provides. Scott obviously knows what he's talking about in his leads into the articles. Needed advice
People attempting to apply the Unified Process definitely need help, and Ambler has done a fine job providing some. As a Rational certified instructor, author of two books on process patterns, and someone who really applies the UP, he's well qualified to assist others. The articles he has pulled together help cover some of the missing information on the UP and his commentaries unite everything into a useful whole. I recommend this book totally. [One complaint - the editor/publisher really dropped the ball on some of the illustations, but buy the book anyway.] More Customer Reviews:
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