I haven't worked with Websphere and Rational products since 2005. Back then the Rational Unified Process with use cases, etc. was suppose to be the next big thing. Rational had some tools called the Rational Unified Process which allowed you to create sequence diagrams, etc.
When you click on the Jazz products link\ it takes you to the projects page where all of them start with "Rational" by name. Is IBM going to Open Source ClearCase now? Most attempts at trying to interchange ClearCase with CVS or Subversion have failed. I'm suspicious that since the projects all start with "Rational" by name that there then might be significant "features" unavailable unless one buys ClearCase?
Sounds like IBM is trying to FUD their own open source product, Eclipse, with the focus on uncertainty and doubt.
In my view (I primarily do ClearCase, ClearQuest, and Rational Team Concert, but I have contributed to the SCM section of RUP), the "Unified Process" was more an attempt to provide unified terminology and remove gratuitous differences, than it was to define a "one size fits all" process (which is clearly impossible). The experience of evolving RUP resulted in tools that let you define your own process (using whatever bits of the Unified Process that you thought appropriate). In particular, IBM Rational se
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Uhhh, does this mean the Unified Process is dead?
I haven't worked with Websphere and Rational products since 2005. Back then the Rational Unified Process with use cases, etc. was suppose to be the next big thing. Rational had some tools called the Rational Unified Process which allowed you to create sequence diagrams, etc.
When you click on the Jazz products link\ it takes you to the projects page where all of them start with "Rational" by name. Is IBM going to Open Source ClearCase now? Most attempts at trying to interchange ClearCase with CVS or Subversion have failed. I'm suspicious that since the projects all start with "Rational" by name that there then might be significant "features" unavailable unless one buys ClearCase?
Sounds like IBM is trying to FUD their own open source product, Eclipse, with the focus on uncertainty and doubt.
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Uhhh, does this mean the Unified Process is dead?
Well it's been brain dead for ever... pulling the plug would be merciful.
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Thanks! This was extremely helpful.
In my line of work I sometimes get asked these things myself and now I have an answer!
Cheers! mate!