Lean-RUP: Adoption of Lean Manufacturing approaches in "Rational Unified Process"

A primordial strategy to avoid problems and develop quality products is to take into account that the quality of the products is intimately linked with the quality of the processes used to develop them. This article presents the application of a Lean Manufacturing approach to Rational Unified Process (RUP), incorporating aspects of Toyota Production System, Just in Time Production, and Total Quality Management. This result in a more slender development model called Lean-RUP, which maintains the characteristics of RUP but removing that weight or excess of work that has traditionally of RUP. In this way, Lean-RUP, not only streamlines the software development process under RUP, but also ensures the quality of the final product that will be released to the customer, as well as the reduction of scrap, optimization of operations, shorter reaction times, better service and attention to customer, better quality and lower costs.