GOALS

• To review the dilemma that projects face.

• To explore the nature of an iterative, incremental, risk-based software development process.

• To become acquainted with the software process model used in this book, called the Unified Process.

• To examine how the project team can market the use of a process to project sponsors.

• To review the Unified Modeling Language and its artifacts, and how it serves as the primary modeling tool for a project's process.