When it comes to providing reliable, flexible, and efficient object persistence for software systems, today's designers and architects are faced with many choices. From the technological perspective, ...

Here's how to look for warning signs that might indicate future problems, and how to balance your design decisions accordingly. An "application" can refer to a single system or a group of ...

Harel StateCharts are gaining widespread usage since a variant hasbecome part of the Unified Modeling Language. The diagram type allowsthe modeling of superstates, concurrent states, and activities as ...

According to MetaCase, DSM aligns models with code at all times, even though models are not associated with any specific code language or structure. Models in DSM target specific tasks for a ...

Visual modeling illustrates the requirements for new applications and their technical design while hiding the complexity of the business needs and the underlying code. Models create easy-to-understand ...

Recognizing the limits of traditional CAD for creating and controlling highly complex designs, a new effort has been launched to combine 3D modeling, simulation, and manufacturing processes into one ...

Borland Software this week is breaking up its Together ControlCenter package for UML modeling into separate products for developing, designing, and architecting applications. The move is intended to ...

There’s much hoopla about the upcoming UML 2.0 specification, even though it’s many months away from being released in its final form. Conflicting reports from a number of sources have confused users, ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...