Increasing Business and Technology Throughput

For those of you not too familiar with EssUP (and I wasn't until completing the questionnaire) it's a 'Practice' methodology developed by Ivar Jacobson who is the original author of use cases and the use of software components in system development.  EssUP, as might be expected, is a derivation of the Unified Process with inputs from the Unified Process, CMMi and Agile (Scrum, XP).

There are two dimensions of EssUP that look interesting.  The first is Jacobson's recognition that while people buy a lot of his books, most don't actually read them, so consequently he's based the methodology on playing cards that are easier to read and presumably follow. I think this is an important recognition in actually having a process 'used' by people and it seems like an idea that OpenUP and other broader methodologies should consider.  The other dimension is the focus on 'practices'.  RUP/OpenUP/EUP all have tightly coupled workflows/artifacts/roles and sprinked throughout are practice ideas like 'iterative development', 'component design', 'test driven development' etc.  It's these practices that actually make most methodologies effective and Jacobsen has identified these as the building blocks for EssUP. 

I'd be interested in hearing more from anyone that has used/explored EssUP in more detail.