RUP-Nine Disciplines and Four Phases

There are nine disciplines in RUP methodology of software development. These are followed during four phases.

The nine disciplines are

1. Business Modeling
2. Requirements
3. Analysis and Design
4. Implementation
5. Test
6. Deployment
7. Configuration and Change Management
8. Project Management
9. Environment

The four phases are as follow

1. Inception
2. Elaboration
3. Construction
4. Transistion

The nine disciplines are followed in the above four phases. Hump Chart gives the generic pictorial repersentation.

There is lot of business modeling being done during inception phase. Very little analysis and design work is being performed during the inception phase. More emphasis is on analysis and design during elaboration phase.

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