http://www.codingthearchitecture.com/2006/04/03/rup_elaboration.html I've just come across an article called Risk reduction with the RUP phase plan that talks about RUP's risk-driven approach and provides advice about choosing the right use cases during the elaboration phase. It is important to educate stakeholders ... en Simon Brown Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:18:33 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.codingthearchitecture.com/2006/04/03/rup_elaboration.html#comment1145539113940 G'day, Interesting stuff and yes i generally advocate doing either the hardest or more complex use cases/funtions first since these traditionally have the higher risk if not higher business value attached. However, I'm poring over Crystal Clear at the moment and it seems there's social reasons in terms of improved morale amongst a team with doing an easy part first to get an 'Early Victory' as Cockburn puts it. He actually goes on to advocate <i>Easy thing first, hard thing second</i> as well which is an interesting combination. Mark Hesketh http://www.codingthearchitecture.com/2006/04/03/rup_elaboration.html#comments http://www.codingthearchitecture.com/2006/04/03/rup_elaboration.html#comment1145539113940 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:18:33 GMT