• Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
programming forums Java Mobile Certification Databases Caching Books Engineering Micro Controllers OS Languages Paradigms IDEs Build Tools Frameworks Application Servers Open Source This Site Careers Other Pie Elite all forums
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
Marshals:
  • Campbell Ritchie
  • Jeanne Boyarsky
  • Ron McLeod
  • Paul Clapham
  • Liutauras Vilda
Sheriffs:
  • paul wheaton
  • Rob Spoor
  • Devaka Cooray
Saloon Keepers:
  • Stephan van Hulst
  • Tim Holloway
  • Carey Brown
  • Frits Walraven
  • Tim Moores
Bartenders:
  • Mikalai Zaikin

Implementing the IBM Rational Unified Process and Solutions by Joshua Barnes

 
Bartender
Posts: 962
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
<pre> Author/s : Joshua Barnes
Publisher : IBM Press
Category : Project management, Process and Best Practices
Review by : Jeanne Boyarsky
Rating : 7 horseshoes
</pre>
"Implementing the IBM Rational Unified Process and Solutions" is an IBM Press book. As such, it reads like a 150 page IBM whitepaper. This isn't inherently good or bad, just important to know.

The audience is managers and executives. The book emphasizes ROI, TCO and selling the process. Each chapter has a "chapter return on investment" where you would normally see an introduction. Note that I'm not in the target audience, so take this review with a grain of salt.

The book walks through what to expect at different phases of implementing RUP. It has good charts and examples -- project plan, charts with sample numbers, org charts, budgets, etc. There are examples of common mistakes and things to watch out for.

The beginning of the book mentions other process to compare RUP. They walk you through a ranking tool for weighting areas of examination. This happens again in chapter six. While the example is good, I found myself thinking "didn't we already do this?"

The book was interesting. It just felt more like a whitepaper to me than what I'm used to seeing in a book.
</review>
More info at Amazon.com
More info at Amazon.co.uk

[ fixed ISBN in URLs ]
[ August 03, 2007: Message edited by: Book Review Team ]
 
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic