UML Training with EA
EA Training on CD ROM!
>PRESS RELEASE
Santa Monica, CA and Melbourne, Australia - February, 2004 - ICONIX Software Engineering, an industry leader in Object Technology, announces the release of "Mastering UML with Enterprise Architect and the ICONIX Process," a Tutorial CD-ROM detailing the Iconix streamlined approach to UML modeling. With the focus on how best to apply ICONIX Process, features of this interactive tutorial include clearly detailed examples using Sparx Systems’ UML design and development tool “Enterprise Architect”. The two companies also announced their intention to collaborate on another multimedia tutorial to be released during 2004, titled “Enterprise Architect for Power Users”.
ICONIX Process is a minimalist approach to UML which takes the shortest and most direct path from use cases to code. ICONIX Process was developed by Doug Rosenberg over more than a decade of teaching OO analysis and design to hundreds of projects across a wide range of companies and industries. Using a minimal yet sufficient core subset of UML diagrams, ICONIX Process helps avoid “analysis paralysis” and is designed to take the project from use cases to code with utmost efficiency and best results. ICONIX Process is detailed in two books by Doug Rosenberg and Kendall Scott, "Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML" and "Applying Use Case Driven Object Modeling". This CD tutorial "Mastering UML with Enterprise Architect and the ICONIX Process" presents material from both these books in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step presentation that can be browsed interactively from your desktop. The tutorial includes four example projects built with Enterprise Architect, which follow the use case driven development process one step at a time, lesson by lesson, through the various stages of analysis and design. Enterprise Architect models for the example projects are included on the CD. Product screenshots can be viewed online at: http://iconixsw.com/EAICONIXProcess.html
“To new customers, the arrival of the Iconix Training CD ROM for Enterprise Architect, spells instant productivity and ongoing competitive advantage,” stated a spokesperson for Sparx Systems. “To existing customers, the CD-ROM will extend on existing knowledge and ensure that the whole team can boost their best competencies and amplify their competitive advantage to the maximum potential. We want to provide all we can to keep your team consistent, on track, under budget and ahead of schedule. The ICONIX process is a great process, reducing the workload and thereby boosting profits. We are delighted with the final product and recommend the ICONIX process to any company or individual that seeks to improve their productivity and efficiency in a practical learning environment, at a pace set by the students themselves.”
It is Sparx Systems' belief that for CASE tools to be useful and effective in a team, the tool should be affordable such that the entire team has access to the model and development process. For their part, the team should be sure to use a consistent and economical modeling approach that will maximize productivity and reduce misapplication in order to stay effective and competitive.
Sparx System’s product Enterprise Architect (“EA”) is affordable, intuitive and effective, and now, with the help of this highly-anticipated training CD-ROM, maximum productivity is only an ICONIX Jumpstart™ away. The training CD aims to streamline and unify your development procedures, at a price in keeping with the Sparx pricing rationale.
"If you look at 'The UML User Guide,' there's a quote in Chapter 32 that says, 'You can model 80% of most problems by using about 20% of the UML.'" says Doug Rosenberg, President of ICONIX. "However, nowhere in the book do the authors tell you which 20% that might be. We've spent the last 10 years refining our understanding of what ‘minimal yet sufficient’ means in the context of UML modeling. We've helped hundreds of projects avoid analysis paralysis by taking a minimalist approach to modeling. Our subset of the UML focuses on the core set of notations you'll need to do most of your modeling work. We explain each technique in detail, and also discuss where you might be able to use additional elements of the UML."
“We think our minimalist approach to UML is a perfect fit with the Enterprise Architect tool, which has clearly taken the performance/price leadership position in visual modeling tools field. We’ve been providing onsite training to EA clients for some time now, and continue to be impressed with the functionality, performance, and ease-of-use of this tool, all of which belie it’s incredibly affordable price.” Rosenberg added.
ABOUT ICONIX
ICONIX Software Engineering, Inc. has been a leader in the Object Technology industry for over 15 years. Established in 1984, the company has evolved from its roots in CASE tool development, into a leading training and consulting firm. ICONIX offers on-site training in all aspects of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, specializing in UML-based JumpStart(tm) Training. ICONIX also offers both live training and state-of-the-art multimedia tutorials in CORBA and COM.
ABOUT SPARX SYSTEMS’ ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT
Since the company’s foundation in 1996, Sparx Systems have been committed to providing developers and development teams with the renowned, ever-improving UML modeling tool, “Enterprise Architect”. Widely acclaimed, Enterprise Architect (“EA”) has made Sparx Systems’ name synonymous with excellent price-value rapport.
Sparx Systems aim to satisfy the growing needs of the software and business development industry by providing immediate delivery and ongoing support of affordable, productive and user-friendly business/system design software. Priced within reach, EA has become a very popular UML tool for today’s discerning market of tech-savvy business people and astute development teams. In the eternal effort to remain competitive, effective and productive, Enterprise Architect has proven time and again to be one of the hardest-working members of thousands of development teams around the world.
