Optimise Change Management of your models and get the most benefits out of the UML during the preliminary phases to improve the development process in a CMM approach.

Serena-Merant and Objecteering Software are pleased to announce their collaboration in the facilitation of process management and the implementation of a CMM approach in business. The integrated solution will allow resources to be optimized, team productivity to be significantly enhanced, and the overall quality and reliability of application development to be improved.

At this event you will discover how ING implements Change Management thanks to Serena-Merant and Objecteering solutions. You will attend Philippe Desfray’s presentation "Making a success of preliminary analysis using UML", extracted from his latest publication.


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ING : Mr Patrick Van Breusegem is responsible to ING Belgium for release management tools. He is in charge of Dimensions implementation and administration to manage developments and releases in conformity with ITIL.

*Philippe Desfray is an expert in object oriented methods, and VP for R&D for SOFTEAM, Objecteering Software's the parent company. In 1990 he created an object oriented design method, has published three books (most notably "Object Engineering - The fourth dimension", published by ADDISON WESLEY in 1994- which already contains the technology for supporting MDA), and directed the development of the Objecteering/UML Case tool. In 1994 he created "Hypergenericity", a technique closely related to UML profiles and supporting model transformation, which is a precursor of the MDA approach. Since 1994 Philippe has represented SOFTEAM as a Contributing Member at the OMG, and actively participates in the definition of UML, in particular in the UML profiles area where he has been leading the definition of the profile mechanism for UML1.4 and UML 2.0.

CMM : CMM is a means of industrializing software production. Rather than managing the progress of developments on a daily basis, developments are clearly defined at the outset, and the necessary evolutions or the causes of problems are anticipated.
A CMM approach allows the maturity of software development processes to be analyzed, with the objective of reducing risks. The adoption of CMM helps drive software-developing businesses in their approach to process improvement. This consists of putting the following key sectors in place: requirements definition, change management, project management and test strategy.

UML (Unified Modeling Language) is the modelling language standardized by the OMG in 1997.