Borland to Lead Session on Software Development Process Improvement at SD Best Practices 2005; Borland Executives to Share Best Practices in CMMI(R), Requirements Engineering and Business Process Modeling at Industry Conference.CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Borland Software Corporation (company) Borland Software Corporation - A company that sells a variety of PC software development and database systems. Borland was founded in 1983 and initially became famous for their low-cost software, particularly Turbo Pascal, Turbo C, and Turbo Prolog. (Nasdaq:BORL), the leader in Software Delivery Optimization(TM), today announced that company executives will lead four different sessions at this year's SD Best Practices conference. These sessions include a half-day tutorial on surviving in a CMMI See CMM. (R) environment, a birds-of-a-feather session on requirements engineering best practices, and two technical sessions related to business process modeling. Borland is also a gold sponsor of the conference, being held September 26-29 in Boston, MA. "Software development has been improving over the past decade, but it's still far from a predictable business process," said Bill Curtis, chief process officer at Borland. "Organizations around the world are looking to process initiatives, collaboration techniques and enabling technologies to solve the complex issues of software development. Conferences like SD Best Practices offer a great venue for peers and industry experts to share valuable insight into these areas which will ultimately help them become more efficient and successful." At the conference, Borland will lead four different sessions focusing on today's important issues in application development. --Bill Curtis, Borland's chief process officer, will conduct a half-day tutorial titled, "Surviving in a CMMI Environment." Curtis' session will take place Monday, September 26th from 1:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. EST. --Borland's principal software engineer, Darrell Kalichak, and senior solutions architect, Ian Buchanan, will co-lead a technical session titled, "Requirements Elicitation with Business Process Modeling Notation The Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) is a standardized graphical notation for drawing business processes in a workflow. BPMN was developed by Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI), and is now being maintained by the Object Management Group since the two ." Kalichak and Buchanan's session will take place on Tuesday, September 27th from 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. EST. --Matt Klassen, Borland's senior product marketing manager, will lead a birds-of-a-feather session titled "Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN BPMN Business Process Modeling Notation ) for the Java Enterprise." Taking place Tuesday, September 27th from 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. EST, Klassen's session will explain how organizations can benefit from the integration of BPMN into a complete 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. Modeling platform targeting J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. and Web services. --Klassen will also lead a technical session titled, "Requirements Definition and Management: Beyond Requirements Management" on Wednesday, September 28th from 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy . SD Best Practices will be held September 26-29, 2005, at the Hynes Convention Center The John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center located in Boston's Back Bay has 193,000 square feet (0 m) of exhibit space and can accommodate up to four concurrent events. in Boston, MA. This conference highlights the best practices, quality design, and management techniques necessary for successful software development. There are over 160 educations sessions on seven focused tracks including process and methods, design and architecture, and requirements and analysis. For additional information on this year's conference, please visit: www.sdexpo.com. Information on Borland(R) and the company's Application Lifecycle Management The administration and control of an application from inception to its demise. It embraces requirements management, system design, software development and configuration management and implies an integrated set of tools for developing and controlling the project. (ALM) solutions will be available during the event at booth #103. About Borland Founded in 1983, Borland Software Corporation (Nasdaq:BORL) is the global leader in platform independent solutions for Software Delivery Optimization. The company provides the software and services that align the people, process, and technology required to maximize the business value of software. To learn more about delivering quality software, on time and within budget, visit http://www.borland.com. Borland, Software Delivery Optimization and all other Borland brand and product names are service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of Borland Software Corporation in the United States and other countries. CMMI is a registered trademark of Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University, at Pittsburgh, Pa.; est. 1967 through the merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (founded 1900, opened 1905) and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research (founded 1913). in the United States and/or other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. |
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