Research Triangle Park Rational Users Group Kick-Off Meeting
Day/Date: Wednesday. May 26
Topic: Introduction to the RUP: The Process
Andrew Midkiff, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
Abstract:
Introduction to the RUP: The Process
The Rational Unified Process is first and foremost a methodological framework for creating an efficient and effective software development process. Rational, as well as others, have created a diverse toolset to support RUP-based development efforts, but the tools are not the process. It is quite possible to use the process without the tools. It is actually recommended by the authors of the RUP to eschew the tools, at least at first, until you understand the process itself. The Rational tools are often used outside of the RUP, but by understanding the core values and best practices that lie at its heart, you are more likely to better understand why the tools work the way they do.
This talk will try and briefly introduce some of the main concepts of the Rational Unified Process. These include.
- The Three Core Values of RUP
- The Six Best Practices of RUP
- Phases and Iterations
- Workflows
Much can be and has been written and said about each one of these topics, so this will only be a high-level overview. The intention is to begin to introduce concepts and vocabulary that will hopefully come up in future talks, and perhaps to encourage you to learn more on your own about the Process.
Speaker Bio
Andrew Midkiff has been working within agile environments for much of his career in software development. Andrew's appreciation for the ease, effectiveness and sheer pleasure of iterative development has grown through working on projects small to multinational, in environments ranging from some of the more radical forms of XP (Extreme Programming) to more orthodox RUP all the way to the more common Utter Chaos. He is currently working at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, officially as a Senior Business Analyst, and slightly-less-officially as the resident RUP Evangelist and Development Methodologist. As a fair warning, it is dangerous to get him started talking about agile development, XP, RUP, the proper way to do business analysis, or the reasons behind the importance of Jade and Bronze to the Ancient Chinese. Remember, you've been warned!
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6:00 p.m. Gather, Networking
6:30 p.m. RTP-RUG Kick-off, Introduce the Liaison(s),
Steering team, RTP-RUG goals and direction
7:00 p.m. Main Presentation
8:00 p.m. Door prizes and giveaways, Announce topic for next meeting
8:30 p.m. A very short Steering team meeting with the liaison
and IBM representatives
9:00 pm Doors close
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Location:
IBM Building #500 Cafeteria Research Triangle Park, NC
See the directions below and map at <http://www.rtpwug.org/download/RTPsitemap.pdf>http://www.rtpwug.org/download/RTPsitemap.pdf
The meeting is FREE to all - no RSVP is needed.
Directions to the Meeting
Distance from Raleigh (17 miles) / Durham (8 miles) / Chapel Hill (12 miles)
From I-40, take Exit 280 - Davis Drive. At the end of the exit ramp, take a right (North) onto Davis Drive. Continue straight on Davis Drive for about 0.5 miles. Take a right on Cornwallis road. Go about 1/2 mile, you will cross over railroad tracks. At the IBM gate keep to the right.
If the rightmost gate is down, press on the intercom button and tell the remote guard that you are attending the WebSphere User Group meeting, and give him your name. He will open the gate for you. Go through gate, follow the road around past the first Tivoli Building, looking for signs leading to Building 500 or "Software Group." Our IBM host is Greg Ackerman.
Go through gate, follow the road around past the first Tivoli Building, looking for signs leading to Building 500 or "Software Group." It should be the third road on the left. It can be a little tricky, so please allow some extra time the first time.
It can be a little tricky, so please allow some extra time the first time.
You will see a visitors' parking lot. Turn in and park, and walk to the Building 500 lobby.
Be careful not to go too far (the second Tivoli building is too far) or you will find yourself on a one-way exit ramp and have to drive back around.
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