<s>
The	O
Rational	B-Application
Unified	I-Application
Process	I-Application
(	O
RUP	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
iterative	O
software	O
development	O
process	O
framework	B-Architecture
created	O
by	O
the	O
Rational	O
Software	O
Corporation	O
,	O
a	O
division	O
of	O
IBM	O
since	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RUP	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
single	O
concrete	O
prescriptive	O
process	O
,	O
but	O
rather	O
an	O
adaptable	O
process	O
framework	B-Architecture
,	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
tailored	O
by	O
the	O
development	O
organizations	O
and	O
software	O
project	O
teams	O
that	O
will	O
select	O
the	O
elements	O
of	O
the	O
process	O
that	O
are	O
appropriate	O
for	O
their	O
needs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rational	O
Software	O
originally	O
developed	O
the	O
rational	B-Application
unified	I-Application
process	I-Application
as	O
a	O
software	O
process	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
initial	O
versions	O
combined	O
the	O
Rational	O
Software	O
organisation	O
's	O
extensive	O
field	O
experience	O
building	O
object-oriented	B-Language
systems	O
(	O
referred	O
to	O
by	O
Rational	O
field	O
staff	O
as	O
the	O
Rational	O
Approach	O
)	O
with	O
Objectory	O
's	O
guidance	O
on	O
practices	O
such	O
as	O
use	O
cases	O
,	O
and	O
incorporated	O
extensive	O
content	O
from	O
Jim	O
Rumbaugh	O
's	O
Object	B-Application
Modeling	I-Application
Technology	I-Application
(	O
OMT	O
)	O
approach	O
to	O
modeling	O
,	O
Grady	O
Booch	O
's	O
Booch	O
method	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
newly	O
released	O
UML	B-Language
0.8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
help	O
make	O
this	O
growing	O
knowledge	O
base	O
more	O
accessible	O
,	O
Philippe	O
Kruchten	O
was	O
tasked	O
with	O
the	O
assembly	O
of	O
an	O
explicit	O
process	O
framework	B-Architecture
for	O
modern	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
effort	O
employed	O
the	O
HTML-based	O
process	O
delivery	O
mechanism	O
developed	O
by	O
Objectory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
"	O
Rational	B-Application
Unified	I-Application
Process	I-Application
"	O
(	O
RUP	O
)	O
completed	O
a	O
strategic	O
tripod	O
for	O
Rational	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
additions	O
lead	O
to	O
an	O
overarching	O
set	O
of	O
principles	O
that	O
were	O
defined	O
by	O
Rational	O
and	O
articulated	O
within	O
RUP	O
as	O
the	O
six	O
best	O
practices	O
for	O
modern	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
:	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
techniques	O
including	O
performance	O
testing	O
,	O
UI	O
Design	O
,	O
data	O
engineering	O
were	O
included	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
update	O
to	O
reflect	O
changes	O
in	O
UML	B-Language
1.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
a	O
project	O
management	O
discipline	O
was	O
introduced	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
techniques	O
to	O
support	O
real-time	O
software	O
development	O
and	O
updates	O
to	O
reflect	O
UML	B-Language
1.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
2000	O
and	O
2003	O
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
changes	O
introduced	O
guidance	O
from	O
ongoing	O
Rational	O
field	O
experience	O
with	O
iterative	O
development	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
tool	O
support	O
for	O
enacting	O
RUP	O
instances	O
and	O
for	O
customization	O
of	O
the	O
RUP	O
framework	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
automating	O
the	O
customization	O
of	O
RUP	O
in	O
a	O
way	O
that	O
would	O
allow	O
customers	O
to	O
select	O
parts	O
from	O
the	O
RUP	O
process	O
framework	B-Architecture
,	O
customize	O
their	O
selection	O
with	O
their	O
own	O
additions	O
,	O
and	O
still	O
incorporate	O
improvements	O
in	O
subsequent	O
releases	O
from	O
Rational	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
IBM	O
created	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
RUP	O
tailored	O
for	O
the	O
delivery	O
of	O
Agile	O
projects	O
-	O
released	O
as	O
an	O
OpenSource	O
method	O
called	O
OpenUP	O
through	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
web-site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
description	O
of	O
the	O
software	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
in	O
a	O
software	O
system	O
development	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
executable	O
architecture	O
that	O
realizes	O
architecturally	B-Application
significant	I-Application
use	I-Application
cases	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
See	O
IBM	O
Rational	O
Method	O
Composer	O
and	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
version	O
Eclipse	B-Application
Process	O
Framework	B-Architecture
(	O
EPF	O
)	O
project	O
for	O
more	O
details	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2007	O
the	O
new	O
RUP	O
certification	O
examination	O
for	O
IBM	O
Certified	O
Solution	O
Designer	O
-	O
Rational	B-Application
Unified	I-Application
Process	I-Application
7.0	O
was	O
released	O
which	O
replaces	O
the	O
previous	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
course	O
called	O
IBM	O
Rational	O
Certified	O
Specialist	O
-	O
Rational	B-Application
Unified	I-Application
Process	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
pass	O
the	O
new	O
RUP	O
certification	O
examination	O
,	O
a	O
person	O
must	O
take	O
IBM	O
's	O
Test	O
839	O
:	O
Rational	B-Application
Unified	I-Application
Process	I-Application
v7.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Six	O
best	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
practices	O
are	O
defined	O
for	O
software	O
projects	O
to	O
minimize	O
faults	O
and	O
increase	O
productivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
code	O
reuse	O
is	O
a	O
big	O
plus	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
accomplished	O
more	O
easily	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
UML	B-Language
"	O
,	O
short	O
for	O
Unified	B-Language
Modeling	I-Language
Language	I-Language
,	O
is	O
one	O
tool	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
make	O
this	O
task	O
more	O
feasible	O
.	O
</s>
