Analysis on software processes and enhancement for RUP

Abstract

This article focuses on the object-oriented software process. It compares three most popular software processes: RUP (Rational Unified Process), OPEN (Object-oriented Process, Environment and Notation), and OOSP (Object-oriented software process); then it carries out an Enhanced RUP based on the advantages of OPEN and OOSP. By setting up a simple model, it verifies the improvement brought about by ERUP in terms of Investment to Benefit Ratio (IBR).