How to participate in the UMP project

UMP project participant's profiles:

• Authors
• Members of the UMP Community
• Contributors
• Sponsors

The diagram illustrates the interaction of these participants types:

UMP Authors

Authors define the contents of the UMP insofar as methodology and product are concerned. Authors have all rights to the UMP, both to the methodology and to the end product.

Authors own copyright on:

• UniModelers, UMP trademarks
• UMP methodology
• UMP process
• UMP in-mod.com site
• UMP products

Author’s key responsibilities: UMP development.

Success criteria:

• Success achieved when UMP is used in practice
• Credits for authors
• Improved projects with their participation

Involvement:

Methodology development

• Tools development
• Manuals, etc. development
• ini-mod.com site development, promotion and maintenance

See list of authors.

UMP Community

The UMP community consists of individuals and organizations alike, interested in the UMP methodology and product and participating in the UMP project through the discussions and critique.

For now the UMP Community is being organized by personal invitation of authors.

See list of the UMP Community members.

UMP Contributors

A UMP Contributor is the UMP Community member who contributes something tangible to the UMP method or product. This could be Contributor's expertise, software, experience, etc., published on uni-mod.com or included in the UMP product.

To qualify as a contribution to the UMP the material must be agreed upon between the Authors and the Contributor. Written agreement between Authors and Contributor shall be signed on every Contributor's work, included in UMP. Read more >>

The list of contributors is published on the uni-mod.com. Credits to the contributor is included into the UMP methodology and into the UMP product.

See list of the UMP Contributors.

Sponsors

Sponsors support UMP and / or UMP site providing resources.

Success criteria:

• UMP and/or UMP site become visited frequently and this is justifies sponsor’s advertisement via UMP site
• UMP product or / and site become commercial to guarantee ROI return of investments

Involvement Agreement with the authors.