ABRD as an open source methodology
The Agile Business Rules Development methodology (ABRD) is the industry’s first free, vendor-neutral methodology delivered as an Eclipse Process Framework (EPF) OpenUp plug-in. ABRD provides a step-by-step process for developing business applications using technologies such as Business Rule Management System, BPM, BPEL. It details all the different activities to develop a rule set, from rule discovery to rule set deployment and maintenance.
It was designed 5 years ago and used in ILOG Professional Services worldwide on dozens of projects. Leveraging ABRD mitigates the risk associated with new business rules initiatives by providing a well documented and structured approach for developing rule-based applications. ABRD allows organizations to avoid using ad-hoc processes or having to expend significant time and effort creating their own best practices.
ABRD is an Eclipse plug-in the same way ISIS is. In fact the following diagram outlines the relationships between ISIS, ABRD, and OpenUp. 
OpenUp represents the base, the foundation, defining the core principals of software application development such as: collaborate to align interests and share understanding, balance competing priorities to maximize stakeholder value, focus on the architecture early to minimize risks and organize development, evolve to continuously obtain feedback and improve. ABRD is called abrd_openup plugin and extends OpenUP. ISIS has a common plugin to include any elements which are reusable for BRMS, Optimization, Financial Industry or SCM projects. Each plugin in ISIS provides container for knowledge management for specifics industry or practices.
I encourage you to book your agenda May 7th, this Wednesday, for a web seminar and register at https://iloginc.webex.com/iloginc/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=828310442&SourceId=00005 and go to www.agileitarchitecture.com to have more information on ABRD, BPM, CEP and other agile technologies.
You can also get more information about ABRD by visiting the following web sites:
Let us know how ABRD works for you!
PS: here is a link to the recorded webinar.
Tags: ABRD, agile development, EPF, OpenUP