Is the Unified Process the be all and end all standard for developing object-oriented, component-based software? This book is the third in a four-volume series that presents a critical review of the Unified Process. The authors present a survey of the alternate software processes, and synthesize a more robust process that addresses the complete breadth of your real-world development and production needs. After elaborating on the UP with a more complete software process, each volume presents a masters collection of today s best practices in implementing the respective phase: Inception, Elaboration, Construction, and Transition and Production.