Component and object based, the Unified Process enables reuse. Use-case driven, it closes the gap between what the user needs and what the developer does. Architecture centric, it guides the development process. Iterative and incremental, it manages risk. Represented in the design blueprints of the newly standardized Unified Modeling Language (UML), it communicates your results to a wide audience.

However, now we may ask ourselves the question: Is the Unified Process a framework on which the future can build, or will there be a new paradigm that force us to start over?

This innovative tutorial combines lecture with a question and answer format, to allow students to ask questions specific to their needs or areas of interest. The questions can be submitted in advance (details available at http://canuck.gda.itesm.mx/~almarode/tweb/tutorial53.html) and will be filtered and organized by a person chosen to spur debate and raise issues. Students will also be able to submit questions during the tutorial, for discussion during the second half. This tutorial promises to be very interactive and tailored to the students needs.

Attendee Background: The attendees are expected to have experience in software development and some background in object technology.

Dr. Ivar Jacobson is vice president of business engineering for Rational Software Corporation. Dr. Jacobson is the founder of Objectory AB in Sweden, which merged with Rational Software in 1995. He was one of the three original designers of the UML (Unified Modeling Language), which was officially adopted as a standard by the Object Management Group (OMG) in 1997. He is the principal author of three influential and best-selling books: "Object-Oriented Software Engineering-A Use Case Driven Approach", "The Object Advantage-Business Process Reengineering with Object Technology", "Software Reuse: Architecture, Process, and Organization for Business Success", "The Unified Software Development Process"