The IBM Rational Unified Process for COTS-Based Projects: An Introduction

from The Rational Edge: Building solutions based on Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) packages presents unique challenges. This paper introduces a configuration of the IBM Rational Unified Process®, or RUP®, dedicated to projects aiming at evaluating, recommending, acquiring, installing, configuring, fielding, and evolving COTS package solutions. This RUP configuration is based on the CMU/SEI Evolutionary Process for Integrating COTS-Based Systems (EPIC) methodology.