Sorry, DSDM is not very popular in Canada either.
About OpenUP, as stated
in that post, I see it as a fair and sound process following the Agile principles.
Regarding the phases in open up, no need to be afraid. OpenUP really supports and encourages iterative development. Phases are just there to identified some key milestones through the whole delivery process
/ JeanLouis<br /><i>"software development has been, is, and will remain fundamentally hard" (Grady Booch)</i><br /> <br />Take a look at <a href="http://www.epfwiki.net/wikis/openup/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Agile OpenUP</a> in the Eclipse community