The Rational Unified Process is the information systems methodolgy most widely in use today. The main contributers are the three amigos Ivar Jacobson, Grady Booch and James Rumbaugh who also designed the Unified Modeling Language. It is mainly based on the Ericsson Approach, Objectory and the Rational Approach, which were combined 1995 to the Rational Objectory Process. The Unified Modeling Language together with the expirience of from Rational Inc. acquired software tool companies formed the R ...