<s>
Reich	B-Language
Technologies	I-Language
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
UML	B-Language
Partners	I-Language
,	O
a	O
consortium	O
that	O
was	O
instrumental	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
standards	O
for	O
the	O
Unified	B-Language
Modeling	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
UML	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CEO	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
(	O
Georges-Pierre	O
Reich	O
)	O
represented	O
Reich	B-Language
Technologies	I-Language
on	O
the	O
committee	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
proposal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
proposal	O
was	O
submitted	O
to	O
the	O
Object	B-Architecture
Management	I-Architecture
Group	I-Architecture
(	O
OMG	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
approved	O
the	O
proposal	O
,	O
circa	O
late	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reich	B-Language
Technologies	I-Language
is	O
an	O
international	O
group	O
of	O
companies	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
coordinated	O
suite	O
of	O
products	O
and	O
services	O
to	O
support	O
object-oriented	B-Language
(	O
OO	O
)	O
software	O
development	O
in	O
large	O
corporations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
a	O
presence	O
throughout	O
Europe	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
Reich	B-Language
Technologies	I-Language
occupies	O
leading	O
positions	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
markets	O
for	O
integrated	O
OO	O
CASE	O
tools	O
,	O
fine-grained	O
object	O
repositories	O
and	O
OO	O
team	O
programming	B-Application
environments	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Intelligent	O
Software	O
Factory	O
(	O
ISF	O
)	O
offers	O
an	O
integrated	O
object-oriented	B-Language
CASE	O
tool	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
model-driven	B-Language
development	I-Language
in	O
which	O
the	O
work	O
done	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
a	O
project	O
creates	O
an	O
environment	O
for	O
configuration	O
management	O
and	O
cost	O
containment	O
for	O
software	O
maintenance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recognizing	O
the	O
impact	O
of	O
introducing	O
tools	O
,	O
Reich	B-Language
Technologies	I-Language
offers	O
success	O
oriented	O
services	O
including	O
training	O
,	O
consulting	O
and	O
tool	O
customizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reich	B-Language
Technologies	I-Language
worked	O
with	O
Alistair	O
Cockburn	O
(	O
special	O
advisor	O
to	O
the	O
Central	O
Bank	O
of	O
Norway	O
)	O
and	O
Ralph	O
Hodgson	O
(	O
founder	O
of	O
TopQuadrant	O
)	O
to	O
flesh	O
out	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
Use	B-Architecture
Case	I-Architecture
and	O
integrate	O
it	O
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
Responsibility-Driven	O
Design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Structured	O
Use	B-Architecture
Cases	I-Architecture
and	O
detailed	O
Responsibility	O
models	O
proved	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
relevant	O
answer	O
to	O
the	O
challenge	O
of	O
gathering	O
and	O
organizing	O
thousands	O
of	O
requirements	O
,	O
defining	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
designing	O
an	O
architecture	O
for	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
tool	O
builders	O
,	O
Reich	B-Language
Technologies	I-Language
adds	O
the	O
knowledge	O
of	O
implementing	O
lifecycle	O
management	O
for	O
the	O
meta-model	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reich	B-Language
Technologies	I-Language
has	O
also	O
extensive	O
experience	O
designing	O
the	O
meta-models	O
that	O
implement	O
in	O
ISF	O
the	O
modeling	O
notations	O
of	O
diverse	O
methodologists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reich	B-Language
Technologies	I-Language
sells	O
off-the-shelf	O
and	O
tailored	O
versions	O
of	O
their	O
CASE	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
