The Unified Process Transition and Production Phases : Best Practices in Implementing the UP [Paperback]

Scott W. Ambler (Author), Larry Constantine (Author)

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ISBN-10: 157820092X | ISBN-13: 978-1578200924 | Publication Date: December 2001 | Edition: 1

Is the Unified Process the be all and end all standard for developing object-oriented component-based software? This book is the final in a four volume series that presents a critical review of the Unified Process. The authors present a survey of the alte

This book, the last in a four-volume series, offers a critical review of the UP and presents a masters' collection of best practices to use as guidelines in implementing a more robust software process. In the Transition phase, developers focus on testing and validating the complete system, operating the system in parallel with legacy systems and converting legacy databases and systems to support a new release.

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Scott W. Ambler started developing software in the early 80s, and has worked in object-oriented development for the past ten years in an array of roles. He is presently engaged as a software process mentor with AmbySoft Inc., a contributing editor

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• Paperback: 309 pages
• Publisher: CMP; 1 edition (December 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157820092X
• ISBN-13: 978-1578200924
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 4.8 x 1.1 inches
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• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Closes gaps in the Unified Process (or any other SDLC), June 2, 2002

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This review is from: The Unified Process Transition and Production Phases : Best Practices in Implementing the UP (Paperback)

In the Unified Process (or any systems life cycle) the milestones/phases up to transition are well documented, but these represent the tip of the iceberg with respect to determining project success and total cost of ownership. This unique book examines the transition and production support requirements, addressing some of the deficiencies in the Unified Process (production support is all but ignored), and can be applied to other development life cycle models, nearly all of which have the same blind spots.

Many of the ideas and the approach for this book were born in the author's earlier book, " More Process Patterns", which examined the very transition and support requirements in a more generic manner. In fact this book, like the earlier one, is a collection of best practice patterns that cover the transition and production milestones. After an introduction that explains the rationale and approach, the book covers the workflows and patterns in the sequence in which they will occur: testing, deployment and environment, operations and support, project management and infrastructure management.

What makes this book important is that it extends the Unified Process to include the key milestones that account for cost and quality, and goes into great detail about what is required and how to avoid failure. If you work in operations and support you will find the material in this book invaluable - you should also buy copies for key members of the project team that is delivering your system so they have an understanding of and appreciation for the task of supporting their creation. While this book will obviously benefit shops that employ the Unified Process, the information and workflows are equally useful in any development approach.