The Road to the Unified Software Development Process,9780521787741

The Road to the Unified Software Development Process

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Edition: Revised
ISBN13: 9780521787741
ISBN10: 0521787742
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-07-24
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

Ivar Jacobson, one of the Three Amigos of Rational, follows his fellow amigos, Grady Booch and James Rumbaugh, with the publication of The Road to the Unified Software Development Process, his own collection of the best of his work. Together with Stefan Bylund, Dr Jacobson has gathered the best of his articles from Object Magazine, JOOP, and ROAD, and updated them to reflect current trends in the industry. This book not only presents the best of his work, but it also tracks the development of the new Unified Software Development Process. This book is an excellent reference for software professionals who are interested in analysis and design. It provides real-world experience in developing quality software through disciplined engineering.

Author Biography

Dr. Ivar Jacobson is one of the software development world's visionaries and a popular writer and international speaker. He is co-creator of the UML and the Unified Software Development Process Stefan Bylund, Ph.L. is a software engineer formerly with Rational Software Corporation

Table of Contents

Preface xiii
Ivar Jacobson
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction xvii
Stefan Bylund
Part 1: Prologue 1(14)
Building a Complete Solution
3(12)
In Ivar's Words
11(4)
Part 2: A Brief History 15(42)
A Large Commercial Success Story at Ericsson
17(10)
An Ambitious Goal: Industrial Development of Software with an Object-Oriented Technique
27(30)
In Ivar's Words
53(4)
Part 3: The Seeds of a Vision 57(58)
Time for a Cease-Fire in the Methods War
59(4)
Yes, There is Life After Methods: The Software Development Process
63(6)
Business Process Reengineering with Object Technology
69(8)
Building with Components: Toward Mature Object Technology
77(12)
Succeeding with Objects: Reuse in Reality
89(10)
It Is Time for an Object Modeling Language Standard
99(4)
Only Software and Doghouses Are Built Without Blueprints
103(12)
In Ivar's Words
109(6)
Part 4: Process and Tools 115(50)
Beyond Methods and Case: The Software Engineering Process with Its Integral Support Environment
117(12)
Reengineering Your Software Engineering Process
129(8)
Designing a Software Engineering Process
137(8)
Designing an Integrated Software Engineering Process Support Environment
145(10)
Building Your Own Process by Specializing a Process Framework
155(10)
In Ivar's Words
161(4)
Part 5: Use-Case Engineering 165(84)
Basic Use-Case Modeling
167(16)
Basic Use-Case Modeling (continued)
183(10)
Use Cases and Objects
193(8)
A Confused World of OOA and OOD
201(12)
Use-Case Engineering: Unlocking the Power
213(8)
Formalizing Use-Case Modeling
221(12)
A Growing Consensus on Use Cases
233(16)
In Ivar's Words
245(4)
Part 6: Architecture and Large-Scale Systems 249(76)
Use Cases in Large-Scale Systems
251(10)
Systems of Interconnected Systems
261(12)
Extensions: A Technique for Evolving Large Systems
273(8)
Use Cases and Architecture
281(8)
Architecture Is About Everything---But Not Everything Is Architecture
289(8)
The Steps to an Architecture
297(6)
Using Interfaces and Use Cases to Build Pluggable Architectures
303(22)
In Ivar's Words
321(4)
Part 7: Epilogue 325
Objectory Is the Unified Process
327
The Unified Process Is Iterative
337
In Ivar's Words
343

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