RUP and MSF

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RUP and MSF

• Shaozheng Jia

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Agenda

• RUP and MSF definition
• Phase and milestone
• Comparison
• QA

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RUP and MSF

• RUP
• Rational Unified Process. a software development
  methodology from Rational. Based on UML, RUP
  organizes the development of software into four
  phases inception, elaboration, construction,
  transition. It is iterative, use-case driven,
  architecture-centric. 1
• MSF
• Microsoft Solutions Framework. is a deliberate
  and disciplined approach to technology projects
  based on a defined set of principles, models,
  disciplines, concepts, guidelines, and proven
  practices from Microsoft. 2

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Phase and milestone (RUP)
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Phase and milestone (MSF)
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Phase and milestone (MSF)
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Comparison

• Both methods seek to develop a system of best
  practices in software development. 2

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Comparison

• MSF focus more on risk management

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Comparison

• Team Role
• It is as important as process in MSF
• On the best teams, different individuals
  provide occasional leadership, taking charge in
  areas where they have particular strengths. 4
• Agility
• Small Releases Daily Built
• Agile managers understand that demanding
  certainty in the face of uncertainty is
  dysfunctional. 5

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QA ?
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Reference

• 1 The Unified Software Development Process,
  Booch, Jacobson, Rumbaugh
• 2 Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF)
  http//msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/enterprise/msf/
• 3 MSF v.3 Overview MSF Process Model
  http//www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/msf/d
  efault.mspx
• 4 Tom DeMarco and Timothy R. Lister,
  Peopleware Productive Projects and Teams (New
  York, NY Dorset House Publishing, 2000)
• 5 Jim Highsmith, "What Is Agile Software
  Development?" CrossTalk (October 2002)
• 6 Microsoft Training material