Development Case: Introduction

The introduction page contains general, background information about the Development Case.  This includes pages addressing the development history of, and sources for, the Development Case, as well as other information introducing its contents, scope and purpose.  

Topics

• Revision History

• Purpose / Scope
• Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviations
• References

Revision History 

The table below describes the revision history for this Development Case.  All major updates are represented by one row in the table.

Purpose / Scope 

The purpose of this Development Case (see RUP Artifact: Development Case) is to explain which parts of the underlying Wylie College Software Process (WCSP) Development Case is applicable to this project and which parts are not.

In particular, this Development Case specifies which artifacts to produce in the Course Registration System Project,  by describing any deviations from the underlying Development Case set up for Wylie College Projects.

This Development Case is suitable for small to medium sized WEB based projects. 

Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviations 

See the Wylie College Glossary for definitions related to the problem domain.  See the RUP : Glossary for definitions related to the Software Process itself.

References 

This section provides a list of the references to publications useful in the development of the Course Registration System Project.  Proposals for new listings should be e-mailed to Rick Bell, the Project Manager of Course Registration System.  See also the reference list in the Rational Unified Process.

• The Rational Unified Process (See Rational Unified Process)
• Ivar Jacobson, Grady Booch and James Rumbaugh: The Unified Software Development Process.  Addison-Wesley 1999
• ISBN: 0-201-57169-2
• Walker Royce: Software Project Management: A Unified Framework.  Addison-Wesley 1998
• ISBN: 0-201-30958-0
• STA97 Jennifer Stapleton. The Dynamic System Development Method. Addison-Wesley 1997.