PLATINUM technology's Paradigm Plus is the first analysis & design tool to support the Unified Modeling Language; automated support for proposed standard notation is available now.

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 1996--At Object World East, PLATINUM technology, inc. today announced that Paradigm Plus is the first object-oriented analysis and design tool to support version 0.8 of the Booch/Rumbaugh/Jacobson Unified Modeling Language (UML). Proposed as a new standard notation for object-oriented development, UML is the long-awaited effort of three of the industry's leading methodologists. This support of UML clearly establishes Paradigm Plus as the leading methodology-independent analysis and design modeling tool.

"Paradigm Plus was designed to support new and evolving method notations. Current Paradigm Plus Booch '93 and/or OMT-2 users now have an easy path to the new Unified Modeling Language; their migration will be simple and automated," said Erick A. Rivas, vice president of engineering at PLATINUM's Clear Lake Lab. "This is what we do best. We have been performing meta-model and notation customizations for years with our unique Meta-CASE, object repository, and CDIF import/export technology."

PLATINUM has been a leader in the effort to help unify various object oriented techniques. PLATINUM's Clear Lake Lab (formerly ProtoSoft) was the first to support the Fusion method, a second-generation OOAD methodology introduced in 1992 that was designed to integrate, unify, and extend features from the OMT, Booch, CRC, and Objectory methods.

Paradigm Plus

Paradigm Plus is a powerful object-oriented analysis and design tool that supports Enterprise Component Modeling (ECM) and round-trip engineering. With Paradigm Plus, companies create "components" that divide information systems into manageable sections. Components are stored in the Paradigm Plus object repository where they are organized and synchronized with source code and documentation. The tool's graphical environment fully automates all leading object-oriented methods and notations, including Unified, OMT, Booch, Fusion, Martin/Odell, Coad/Yourdon, Shlaer/Mellor, and others extended to support Jacobson's Use Case modeling while also allowing developers to customize methods based on business requirements.

Paradigm Plus generates code in C++, Ada, Smalltalk, PowerBuilder, Java, ObjectPro and Forti, as well as RDBMS and ODBMS schema definitions. It also reverse engineers C++, Smalltalk, PowerBuilder, ObjectPro, and Forti code. The combined forward and reverse engineering capabilities of Paradigm Plus, without any loss of data, provides "round-trip" engineering which enables iterative development. Utilizing a distributed object repository and open architecture, Paradigm Plus optimizes reuse by allowing access to all stored objects and relationships in a multi-user environment. Paradigm Plus components also can be published to the Web as HTML documents where they can be viewed, downloaded, and re-used.

Enterprise Component Modeling

Enterprise Component Modeling, or ECM, is an iterative model-driven software development strategy which supports the delivery of multi-tiered enterprise-scaleable applications. ECM enables users to:

- Manage Complexity of Mission-Critical Applications through the use of object technology and component-based development techniques which enable modeling, design, construction, and testing of robust, well-defined components.

- Decrease Software Development and Maintenance Costs by delivering components which can be shared and re-used across multiple projects.

- Adapt to Changing Requirements by providing seamless traceability between business process models and application software models, resulting in quicker time to market.

- Maintain OO Method Notation Independence since any of the leading OO notations can be used to construct the deliverable models.

Paradigm Plus Pricing and Availability

Paradigm Plus 3.01 is available now on Windows 3.1, Windows NT, Sun Solaris. Additional platforms, including SunOS, HP-UX, OS/2 Warp, Windows 95, and IRIX will be available in the second quarter of 1996.

Support for the Unified Method is being demonstrated at Object World East this week and will be generally available in May.

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Application Lifecycle Solutions (ALS)

PLATINUM's Application Lifecycle Solutions (ALS) comprise the most comprehensive and flexible set of tools for enterprise software application development. ALS products address every stage of an application's lifecycle - from project and process management, through analysis and design, construction, testing, configuration and change management, and maintenance. Consultancy services combine both technical and industry expertise. Product and service offerings are designed to yield maximum IT payoff on software development. PLATINUM's Application Lifecycle Solutions are part of the company's POEMS architecture, along with business intelligence, database management, data warehousing, and systems management.

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