Breaking News - Operating Systems
& Middleware:
OMG Announces UML Certification
Program
The Object Management Group (OMG) and the UML Technology Institute (UTI)
announced at UML 2003 Forum in Tokyo, Japan, a joint Unified Modeling Language
(UML) Certification Program. The program will provide formal certification of
expertise in UML. Targeted at analysts, programmers, developers and architects
worldwide, UML certification will serve as a touchstone for enhancing levels
of productivity and for determination of skill level for those hiring or
wishing to measure their knowledge of UML. Since UML is the underlying de
facto standard for analysis and design that drives the growing Model Driven
Architecture (MDA) standard, proficiency in UML is, and will continue to be, a
highly valuable skill for IT professionals to possess.
OMG will develop the exams in a joint effort with UTI. The program will be
available beginning in late fall 2003, with UTI administering the program in
Japan and other parts of Asia and OMG administering it in the rest of the
world. OMG will assemble a team of UML experts and experienced examination
professionals to develop the exam materials. Three examinations will test UML
knowledge and skills at progressively advanced levels.
In his remarks at the UML 2003 Forum, Dr. Richard Soley, OMG Chairman and
CEO
stated, "The UML Certification Program fills a vital need for measurement of
skills that will be increasingly crucial as more and more smart companies
focus on MDA and modeling, thereby boosting the demand for qualified UML
professionals. OMG is delighted to work with UTI to deliver a service that
will benefit the IT industry throughout the world."
"UTI is at the leading edge of the modeling technology wave, and our work
on
the UML Certification Program with OMG marks a major new advance in this
exciting field. We expect large numbers of participants to enroll in the
program as modeling technologies continue to emerge as a key factor for
success in designing sound enterprise systems," said Mitsuru Chikamori,
President of UML Technology Institute Co., Ltd.
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