This version of Enterprise OpenUP is a proof-of-concept elevates OpenUP to become suitable for an enterprise audience interested in governance using COBIT, a universally accepted framework that is kept up to date and harmonized with other standards.

OpenUP is an open source development methodology developed under the Eclipse organization. However, amongst other things, it lacks the mechanisms to make it appropriate for use in a serious enterprise implementation. This release of Enterprise OpenUP mashes OpenUp with a subset of COBIT's Acquire and Implement domain. This mashup could be considered as the minimum needed to start a discussion around governance.This version in no way claims to provide you with the "full extent of governance" simply because that term is meaningless unless aligned with your unique business objectives. It has been seen that the most effective way to implement COBIT to achieve governance is by selecting the most appropriate elements, tailoring them as needed and applying them to the specific needs of the organization.

This version of Enterprise OpenUP can facilitate your task of introducing processes within your team - balancing the organizations overall business objective with the project-specific tactical concerns of your team.  Rather than being limited by the overwhelming steps to come up with your own processes from scratch or to have to pay to get one methodology that you are forced to impose on your teams, IRIS Process Central lets you catch the long tail of processes by (eventually) helping you choose from a list of hundreds of available processes, all tailored for a specific objective. By spending a few hours you can do last-mile tailoring on these processes to make them applicable for your project environment.