Applying System Development Methods in Practice

The Rup example
  • Sabine Madsen
  • Karlheinz Kautz
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Abstract

System development methods have already long been controversially discussed, but there is still a lack of knowledge and understanding based on empirical studies about how systems development is actually conducted in practice, how system development methodologies and methods are used and to what degree they are used as proposed in the literature (Floyd, 1986; Nandhakumar & Avison, 1999). The purpose of this paper is to contribute to this understanding. It reports how and to what degree Rational’s Unified Process (RUP) was used in two commercial development projects.

Keywords

System Development Unify Modeling Language Project Team Specification Phase Consultancy Firm 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Sabine Madsen
    • 1
  • Karlheinz Kautz
    • 1
  1. 1.Copenhagen Business SchoolDepartment of InformaticsFrederiksbergDenmark

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