Since the recent integration of Rational Software into IBM, we are proud to announce a flying visit to New Zealand by Ivar Jacobson.

Commonly referred to as the Father of Use Cases, Ivar is one of the original UML Architects, and a pre-eminent thought leader in our industry, being active in Use Cases, BPML, Aspect Oriented Programming, Agents and many other interesting trends in our business.

Ivar will be presenting the following two talks:

THE FOUR MACRO TRENDS IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) and the Rational Unified Process (RUP) supported by a whole suite of tools are the foundation for the future. In this talk Ivar Jacobson will discuss four major trends that he believes will change the way we develop software from being machine centric to becoming human centric.  The trends are:

• Closing The Gap: Business driven enterprise application integration, supported by a reuse standards preparing for a component marketplace
• Quality from the beginning: Verification will be part of every activity, not just at the end of the process to remove bugs
• Making the software process executable to achieve superior agility: The end goal is layman programming for ordinary business applications
• Executable UML: To eliminate a black hole in software development

This talk promises to explore the outer limits of software development.

The second presentation:

WHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT RUP

Modern software development means object orientation, component based design, use case driven development, and the Unified Modeling Language (UML).  These technologies are efficiently interwoven in the Rational Unified Process (RUP). This talk will touch upon these matters, but focus on some key questions:

• What makes RUP fundamentally different from other processes?
• What makes RUP an agile process? 
• How does RUP relate to XP?
• What makes RUP prepared for the future -aspect-oriented programming, agent-based development, etc.?
• Why will RUP allow you to focus on creative tasks and to eliminate the "no-brainer" stuff?

Ivar will be presenting in Auckland and Wellington. Register now for this event!

RSVP - Phone Rational on 0800 339 000, or register online.

Places at these events will be in great demand, so ensure a seat by registering today.

7th and 8th April