A qualitative comparison of two processes for object-oriented software development

Abstract Two of the leading object-oriented processes are the public domain Object-oriented Process, Environment and Notation (OPEN) and the proprietary Rational Unified Process (RUP). A qualitative evaluation is performed on RUP's public domain component and on OPEN using a set of stated criteria. In particular, we focus our comparison on aspects of the process architecture and underpinning metamodel, the concepts and terminology utilized and support for project management.

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