Below is some feedback on OpenUP forwarded to me directly due to technical issues. I'm posting to here so everyone can see it.
- Jim ____________________ Jim Ruehlin, IBM Rational RUP Content Developer Eclipse Process Framework (EPF) Committer www.eclipse.org/epf email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 760.505.3232 fax: 949.369.0720 ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 2:06 AM To: Jim Ruehlin/Irvine/IBM Subject: Re: Please Provide Feedback on OpenUP Hi, Apologies for replying to you direct and not to the newsgroup - I'm having trouble with our firewall letting me receive and post to it directly. If you decided not to use OpenUP, please explain why. We are using it - we were looking at deploying RUP but found it way too large and unwieldy. OpenUP appeared just in time. How successful were you in deploying OpenUP? What specific problems did you encounter (e.g. lack of training, couldn't understand a particular guideline, etc)? What parts of the process were easy to deploy? Some experience with Method Composer and RUP so didn't have to many problems getting it up and running. We are concentrating on requirements and testing as a first step and just having a central set of tasks, guidelines and checklists is proving really useful. We are introducing Use Cases for the first time in this organisation - I think more examples would be useful in our situation - just so people can 'get' the idea more easily. We have a real mixed bag of experience here and a limited training budget. Are you using it as-is or are you modifying it? We are using the Process as-is with minor modifications - some role names have been changed and a couple of work products have been added. Links have been put in to our existing Testing and Project Management Framework. If you're using EPF Composer, to what extent are you modifying OpenUP (e.g. minor text changes, replacing templates, changing entire disciplines, etc)? We've changed some text, replaced templates, added work products and associated templates, added guidance and links to other internal web sites, changed some role details - nothing major - all mostly cosmetic to fit in with our organisation. What are the characteristics of your project (head count, timeframe, industry, greenfield or maintenance, successful delivery, etc)? We are an IT Solutions unit in local government in the UK. We have about 50 staff in the area we are looking to deploy OpenUP. We are currently piloting it in 3 small projects, each with 2-3 people involved. One is enhancement/maintenance, one is procurement of a COTS system and one is greenfield in-house development on a fairly small scale. All are going well at the moment. If there is any more specific feedback you'd like then we'd be happy to help out - as only 2 or 3 of us have RUP / DSDM / Agile knowledge we didn't feel 'expert' enough to contribute!! We're finding both the tool and the process really useful and would like to thank everyone involved for a great product. Regards John Chequer John Chequer <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Business Analyst, Business Solutions, IT Services, West Sussex County Council Location: Northleigh, Chichester | Office: (01243-7)77842 | Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the persons addressed. If it has come to you in error please reply to advise us but you should not read it, copy it, show it to anyone else nor make any other use of its content. West Sussex County Council takes steps to ensure e-mails and attachments are virus-free but you should carry out your own checks before opening any attachment.
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