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  <mainDescription>&lt;h3>&#xD;
    What is the Method Authoring Method (MAM)?&#xD;
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&lt;p>&#xD;
    For many years, the IBM Rational Unified Process&amp;reg;, or RUP&amp;reg;, team has been developing method frameworks by &quot;drinking its&#xD;
    own champagne;&quot; that is, by applying principles, processes, and techniques that RUP itself advocates for software&#xD;
    development. However, developing methods is not quite the same as developing a software application. Over the years,&#xD;
    the RUP team has adapted its own processes and techniques to the specific needs of method development.&amp;nbsp; The Method&#xD;
    Authoring Method (MAM) is the result.&amp;nbsp;&#xD;
&lt;/p>&#xD;
&lt;p>&#xD;
    The MAM is a collection of best practices for authoring methods derived from the long-term experience of the Rational&#xD;
    Unified Process (RUP) development team that are directly supported by Method Composer.&amp;nbsp; The scope of its content&#xD;
    is from a set of method requirements (or an idea of the method you want to build) and a method that is ready for&#xD;
    deployment to practitioners. In other words, the MAM includes all content related to taking set of method requirements&#xD;
    and producing a method that is sready for deployment (aka method authoring).&lt;br />&#xD;
    &lt;br />&#xD;
    &lt;img alt=&quot;MAM graphic&quot; src=&quot;resources/mam.jpg&quot; />&amp;nbsp;&#xD;
&lt;/p>&lt;br />&#xD;
&lt;h3>&#xD;
    Why is MAM Important?&#xD;
&lt;/h3>&#xD;
&lt;p>&#xD;
    The value proposition of the Method Authoring Method (MAM) is that it:&#xD;
&lt;/p>&#xD;
&lt;ul>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        &lt;em>Streamlines&lt;/em> the business process of method authoring, &lt;em>enabling consistency&lt;/em> across the&#xD;
        organization, both in terms of processes followed and methods produced&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        &lt;em>Reduces the risk and overall cost&lt;/em> of method development, unifying process and governance to promote&#xD;
        operational excellence without over simplification&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        &lt;em>Improves the quality&lt;/em> of IBM’s method authoring solution, in terms of methods (MAM) and tooling&#xD;
        (RMC).&amp;nbsp; In addition to defining best practices for method authoring, providing the tooling to help automate&#xD;
        those best practices.&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
&lt;/ul>&#xD;
&lt;h3>&#xD;
    MAM Resources&#xD;
&lt;/h3>&#xD;
&lt;p>&#xD;
    For more information on MAM, consult the information provided in &lt;a class=&quot;elementLink&quot;&#xD;
    href=&quot;./../../../core.default.tool_def.extend_kellih/guidances/supportingmaterials/mam_resources_F1E885B6.html&quot;&#xD;
    guid=&quot;_8DpGwGCJEd2kzJg2-RMJOw&quot;>Method Authoring Method Resources&lt;/a>.&#xD;
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