Agile Unified Process
Agile Unified Process (AUP) a è una versione semplificata, sviluppata da Scott Ambler, dell'IBM Rational Unified Process (RUP). Essa descrive un approccio allo sviluppo di applicazioni software, semplice, facile da comprendere e che utilizza tecniche e concetti agili pur rimanendo fedele al processo RUP. Scott Ambler ha cercato di mantenere Agile UP il più semplice possibile, sia nell'approccio che nella sua descrizione.
L'AUP applica le tecniche di sviluppo agile tra cui test driven (TDD), Agile Modeling, gestione agile del cambiamento e refactoring del database per migliorare la produttività.
Discipline
Diversamente da RUP, l'AUP ha soltanto sette discipline:
- Modellazione. Understand the business of the organization, the problem ___domain being addressed by the project, and identify a viable solution to address the problem ___domain.
- Implementazione. Transform model(s) into executable code and perform a basic level of testing, in particular unit testing.
- Test. Perform an objective evaluation to ensure quality. This includes finding defects, validating that the system works as designed, and verifying that the requirements are met.
- Deployment. Plan for the delivery of the system and to execute the plan to make the system available to end users.
- Configuration Management. Manage access to project artifacts. This includes not only tracking artifact versions over time but also controlling and managing changes to them.
- Project Management. Direct the activities that take place within the project. This includes managing risks, directing people (assigning tasks, tracking progress, etc.), and coordinating with people and systems outside the scope of the project to be sure that it is delivered on time and within budget.
- Ambienti. Support the rest of the effort by ensuring that the proper process, guidance (standards and guidelines), and tools (hardware, software, etc.) are available for the team as needed.
Filosofia
La metodologia Agile UP è basata sui seguenti principi filosofici:
- Your staff knows what they're doing. People are not going to read detailed process documentation, but they will want some high-level guidance and/or training from time to time. The AUP product provides links to many of the details, if you are interested, but doesn't force them upon you.
- Simplicity. Everything is described concisely using a handful of pages, not thousands of them.
- Agility. The Agile UP conforms to the values and principles of the agile software development and the Agile Alliance.
- Focus on high-value activities. The focus is on the activities which actually count, not every possible thing that could happen to you on a project.
- Tool independence. You can use any toolset that you want with the Agile UP. The recommendation is that you use the tools which are best suited for the job, which are often simple tools.
- You'll want to tailor the AUP to meet your own needs.
Rilasci
L' Agile Unified Process fa distinzione tra due tipi di iterazioni: quelle di Rilascio in Sviluppo e quelle di Rilascio in Produzione. Una iterazione di Rilascio in Sviluppo risulta nel deployment del sistema per il Quality Assurance e/o l'area Demo. Invece un'iterazione di Rilascio in Produzione risulta in un deployment nell'area di Produzione. Questo rappresenta un significativo raffinamento rispetto al Rational Unified Process.
