Reich Technologies
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Reich Technologies was one of the UML Partners
, a consortium that was instrumental to the development of standards for the Unified Modeling Language
(UML). The CEO
for the company (Georges-Pierre Reich) represented Reich Technologies on the committee, and was involved in the development of the proposal. The proposal was submitted to the Object Management Group
(OMG), which approved the proposal, circa late 1997.
in large corporations. With a presence throughout Europe
and North America
, Reich Technologies occupies leading positions in the world markets for integrated OO CASE tools, fine-grained object repositories and OO team programming environments
.
The Intelligent Software Factory (ISF) offers an integrated object-oriented CASE tool suite. It is built on the concept of Model-Driven Development in which the work done at the beginning of a project creates an environment for configuration management and cost containment for software maintenance.
The Intelligent Artifact Repository (IAR) provides an enterprise-wide resource for the management and reuse of Information System assets. This concept is so powerful that the development team uses ISF and IAR for production, making ISF the first CASE tool to be self-generated. Recognizing the impact of introducing tools, Reich Technologies offers success oriented services including training, consulting and tool customizations. Corporations combine tools, services and processes with their own organizations to implement a Corporate Software Ecology.
Reich Technologies worked with Alistair Cockburn
(special advisor to the Central Bank of Norway) and Ralph Hodgson
(founder of TopQuadrant) to flesh out the concept of Use Case
and integrate it in the context of Responsibility-Driven Design. Several large companies have built systems upon these constructs since 1992. Structured UseCases and detailed Responsibility models proved to be a relevant answer to the challenge of gathering and organizing thousands of requirements, defining the scope of the system, and designing an architecture for objects. A methodology with processes and identified deliverables has been created in a joint effort. As tool builders, Reich Technologies adds the knowledge of implementing lifecycle management for the meta-model objects. Reich Technologies has also extensive experience designing the meta-models that implement in ISF the modeling notations of diverse methodologists.
Reich Technologies sells off-the-shelf and tailored versions of their CASE tools.
UML Partners
UML Partners was a consortium of system integrators and vendors convened in 1996 to specify the Unified Modeling Language . Initially the consortium was led by Grady Booch, Ivar Jacobson, and James Rumbaugh of Rational Software...
, a consortium that was instrumental to the development of standards for the Unified Modeling Language
Unified Modeling Language
Unified Modeling Language is a standardized general-purpose modeling language in the field of object-oriented software engineering. The standard is managed, and was created, by the Object Management Group...
(UML). The CEO
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
for the company (Georges-Pierre Reich) represented Reich Technologies on the committee, and was involved in the development of the proposal. The proposal was submitted to the Object Management Group
Object Management Group
Object Management Group is a consortium, originally aimed at setting standards for distributed object-oriented systems, and is now focused on modeling and model-based standards.- Overview :...
(OMG), which approved the proposal, circa late 1997.
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Reich Technologies is an international group of companies, providing a coordinated suite of products and services to support object-oriented (OO) software developmentSoftware development
Software development is the development of a software product...
in large corporations. With a presence throughout Europe
Europe
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and North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, Reich Technologies occupies leading positions in the world markets for integrated OO CASE tools, fine-grained object repositories and OO team programming environments
Integrated development environment
An integrated development environment is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development...
.
The Intelligent Software Factory (ISF) offers an integrated object-oriented CASE tool suite. It is built on the concept of Model-Driven Development in which the work done at the beginning of a project creates an environment for configuration management and cost containment for software maintenance.
The Intelligent Artifact Repository (IAR) provides an enterprise-wide resource for the management and reuse of Information System assets. This concept is so powerful that the development team uses ISF and IAR for production, making ISF the first CASE tool to be self-generated. Recognizing the impact of introducing tools, Reich Technologies offers success oriented services including training, consulting and tool customizations. Corporations combine tools, services and processes with their own organizations to implement a Corporate Software Ecology.
Reich Technologies worked with Alistair Cockburn
Alistair Cockburn
Alistair Cockburn is one of the initiators of the agile movement in software development, helping write theManifesto for Agile Software Development in 2001 and the agile PM Declaration of Interdependence in 2005...
(special advisor to the Central Bank of Norway) and Ralph Hodgson
Ralph Hodgson
Ralph Hodgson , Order of the Rising Sun ,was an English poet, very popular in his lifetime on the strength of a small number of anthology pieces, such as The Bull. He was one of the more 'pastoral' of the Georgian poets...
(founder of TopQuadrant) to flesh out the concept of Use Case
Use case
In software engineering and systems engineering, a use case is a description of steps or actions between a user and a software system which leads the user towards something useful...
and integrate it in the context of Responsibility-Driven Design. Several large companies have built systems upon these constructs since 1992. Structured UseCases and detailed Responsibility models proved to be a relevant answer to the challenge of gathering and organizing thousands of requirements, defining the scope of the system, and designing an architecture for objects. A methodology with processes and identified deliverables has been created in a joint effort. As tool builders, Reich Technologies adds the knowledge of implementing lifecycle management for the meta-model objects. Reich Technologies has also extensive experience designing the meta-models that implement in ISF the modeling notations of diverse methodologists.
Reich Technologies sells off-the-shelf and tailored versions of their CASE tools.