Philippe Kruchten

Director of Process Development (RUP), Rational Software

Philippe Krutchen’s talk was about the Rational Unified Process. The RUP is basically a huge document that outlines a detailed software development process framework. It was developed from years of experience from many companies and many projects. It is now available as a product published using UML that can be viewed using a tool such as Rational Rose. The RUP is not a one-size-fits-all process; rather it is a framework that can be customized to fit the size and needs of a particular software development organization. It allows for customization with the use of “plug-ins” which allows your organization to tailor the RUP. For example you can customize your process by importing a plug-in for a type of standard software technology that your are using.