Open Unified Process

The Open Unified Process (OpenUP) is an open source - software development process , which in the Rational Unified Process is based and the Eclipse Foundation is developed. It is part of the Eclipse Process Framework (EPF).

The process offers so-called best practices from a large number of experts from software development and covers a diverse range of perspectives and development needs.

OpenUP adheres to the basic properties of the Rational Unified Process (RUP), including

• iterative software development ( iterative and incremental development ),
• Applications (Engl. Use cases )
• scenario-based development,
• Risk management and
• architecture-centered approach

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The most agile form of OpenUP, OpenUP / Basic , is suitable for small teams that are interested in agile and iterative software development. Small projects consist of teams of 3 to 6 people and take 3 to 6 months of development effort.

Web links

Commons : Open Unified Process  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Eclipse Process Frameworks
• OpenUP - The Best of Two Worlds