Advanced Software Technologies, Inc. Announces Partnership With ICONIX Software Engineering Inc.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LITTLETON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 13, 2000 Advanced Software Technologies and ICONIX Unified Process The Unified Software Development Process or Unified Process is a popular iterative and incremental software development process framework. The best-known and extensively documented refinement of the Unified Process is the Rational Unified Process or RUP. Support Provides "Rubber Hits the Road" Approach to Software Development. Today Advanced Software Technologies Inc., developers of the award-winning visual modeling tool GDPro, announces the support for the ICONIX process, lightweight, use-case driven, object oriented See object technology and object-oriented programming. development process in widespread use across industry today. "We are pleased to add ICONIX support in GDPro," says Greg Schottland, president of Advanced Software Technologies, Inc. "The ICONIX process is quickly adopted and implemented within organizations, and we have seen significant impacts in projects success rates among clients who follow it. By adding GDPro to this strong process, we can now offer these benefits to GDPro users," Schottland concludes. This partnership brings together leading UML (Unified Modeling Language) An object-oriented analysis and design language from the Object Management Group (OMG). Many design methodologies for describing object-oriented systems were developed in the late 1980s. visual modeling technology provided by GDPro and best-in-class software process support provided by ICONIX. Global 1000 organizations are increasingly relying on improved and repeatable software processes. The ICONIX process provides practical, real-world guidelines to help large organizations with the increasingly complex job of managing their software development, while avoiding analysis paralysis Analysis paralysis is an informal phrase applied when the opportunity cost of decision analysis exceeds the benefits. Analysis paralysis applies to any situation where analysis may be applied to help make a decision and may be a dysfunctional element of organizational behavior. . The ICONIX process uses a minimal, but sufficient, core subset of UML. GDPro, an industry leading UML visual modeling tool, fills a key need of software organizations, supporting design of new applications and discovery and documentation of existing software assets. Together, Advanced Software and ICONIX provide an integrated solution for improved management of software application development. "Many of our clients have been wishing to see the ICONIX process supported in a tool with a strong multi-user architecture for quite some time," says Doug Rosenberg, ICONIX president and author of "Use Case Driven Modeling with UML: A Practical Approach" with Kendall Scott. "We teach a practical, real-world development approach which scales readily to support large projects, but the lack of concurrent, multi-user updating capability is a problem with many of the tools on the market today. We are excited about the enhanced tool support ICONIX clients now have available," Rosenberg continues. Advanced Software Technologies, in conjunction with ICONIX, will be previewing this exciting new addition at UML World, in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. on June 13, 2000. About Advanced Software Technologies, Inc. Advanced Software Technologies, Inc., a leader in the fast-growing field of software e-asset management, develops and markets visual application design solutions that bring control and predictability to the management of e-business software assets. Leading Fortune 1000 companies such as Lucent, America Online See AOL. , Nasdaq and Boeing use its flagship GDPro product to discover, improve design, and accelerate development of their critical, enterprise software applications. The company is privately held, with headquarters located in Colorado; the company's web site is at www.advancedsw.com. About ICONIX ICONIX Software Engineering, Inc. has been a leading software tool developer, training and consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a since 1984. ICONIX produces state-of-the-art computer-based training See CBT. (application) Computer-Based Training - (CBT) Training (of humans) done by interaction with a computer. The programs and data used in CBT are known as "courseware." on CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , and offers both multimedia-based and on-site training on all aspects of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design Object-oriented analysis and design (OOAD) is a software engineering approach that models a system as a group of interacting objects. Each object represents some entity of interest in the system being modeled, and is characterised by its class, its state (data elements), and its , including UML, CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) A software-based interface from the Object Management Group (OMG) that allows software modules (objects) to communicate with each other no matter where they are located on a private network or the global , and COM. The company is privately held, with headquarters in Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , CA. The ICONIX website can be found at http://www.iconixsw.com. About the Book and ICONIX Process Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML -- A Practical Approach provides practical guidance that shows developers how to produce UML models with minimal startup time, while maintaining traceability from user requirements through detailed design and coding. The book presents a streamlined approach that includes a minimal, but sufficient, set of diagrams and techniques you can use to get from use cases to code quickly and efficiently. More information about the book can be found at http://www.iconixsw.com/UMLBook.html. Trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of the companies with which they are associated. Note to Editors: For product photography or interviews, please contact Hildie Smart at 303/730-7981 or hsmart@advancedsw.com. |
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