Overview of RUP (and MSOAM)

The main building blocks of RUP, or content elements, are the following:

• Roles (who) – A Role defines a set of related skills, competencies and responsibilities.

• Artifacts/Work Products (what) – A work product represents something resulting from a task, including all the documents and models (artifacts) produced while working through the process.

• Activities/Tasks (how) – A task describes a unit of work assigned to a Role that provides a meaningful result.