RUP® is an 'Iterative and Incremental' model which has proven to be a good, customizable framework for achieving critical milestones. The RUP® framework organizes the development of software into four phases of Inception, Elaboration, Construction and Transition. Each of these phases consists of one or more executable iterations of the software. The RUP® framework helps an organization leverage the inbuilt best practices. However, organizations face a challenge while customizing RUP® to suit their specific needs and the various types of projects they undertake.

Wipro’s RUP® consulting provides the necessary support for enterprises to customize RUP® and helps implement it across the organization. Wipro applies RUP® best practices to the projects by defining processes and artifacts as outlined by the framework. Wipro consultants draw upon the best practices from other quality models like CMMI and Six Sigma to design robust processes suited to business needs.

Wipro has two approaches towards RUP® customization:

Fast RUP: this targets at providing process solutions to individual projects in an organization. When a project team has decided to use RUP the consulting team customizes the processes for the specific project keeping in mind the existing processes, the team composition and the project goals.

Institutionalize RUP: Large organizations need a process framework and specific methodologies for different types of projects like development, package implementation, maintenance etc. Institutionalize RUP aims at providing a process framework to the entire organization (which includes high level processes defined for the organization and detailed processes which are common to various types of projects). It also involves identifying different types of projects that are being executed by the organization and defining specific processes and artifacts for these types of projects.

Why Wipro for RUP® Consulting

	Unique combination of RUP® methodology and related tools expertise combined with in-depth knowledge of frameworks like CMM/CMMI/Six Sigma.
	Extensive expertise in RUP® implementation for various types of projects.
	Extensive tools experience in implementing the Rational suite of products for various projects.
	Large pool of certified consultants with on-the-job experience in consulting, planning, implementing and measuring processes throughout the lifecycle of the projects.
	Wipro is IBM’s alliance partner for various IBM brands including Rational. The partnership enables Wipro to tap into the same set of IBM Rational expertise that is available to the Services group in IBM
	Wipro’ alliance with IBM had lead to a joint go to market strategy by way of building joint solutions - "Wipro Plug-in for RUP-CMMI Mapping" for RMC