The Enterprise Unified Process (EUP) is an extended variant of the Unified Process and was developed by Scott W. Ambler and Larry Constantine in 2000, eventually reworked in 2005 by Ambler, John Nalbone and Michael Vizdos.See Ramsin (2008) and Ambler et al. (2005) for details on history of EUP EUP was originally introduced to overcome some shortages of RUP, namely the lack of production and eventual retirement of a software system. So two phases and several new disciplines were added. EUP sees software development not as a standalone activity, but embedded in the lifecycle of the system (to be built or enhanced or replaced), the IT lifecycle of the enterprise and the organization/business lifecycle of the enterprise itself.Ambler et al (2005) p.7 It deals with software development as seen from the customer's point of view.
In 2013 work began to evolve EUP to be based on Disciplined Agile Delivery instead of the Unified Process.
Phases The Unified Process defines four project phases Inception Elaboration Construction Transition To these EUP adds two additional phases Production Retirement
Disciplines The Rational Unified Process defines nine project disciplines Business Modeling Requirements Analysis and Design Implementation Test Deployment Configuration and Change Management Project Management Environment To these EUP adds one additional project discipline Operations and Support and seven enterprise disciplines Enterprise Business Modeling Portfolio Management Enterprise Architecture Strategic Reuse People Management Enterprise Administration Software Process Improvement
Best Practices of EUP The EUP provide following best practices:- Develop iteratively Manage requirements Proven architecture Modeling Continuously verify quality. Manage change Collaborative development Look beyond development. Deliver working software on a regular basis Manage risk
See also Disciplined Agile Delivery Rational Unified Process Software development process Extreme programming
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External links Scott W. Ambler's website on the Enterprise Unified Process