This groups is provided as a place for information about the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and it's application for the development of real-time and embedded systems, by the author of "Real-Time Agility", "Real-Time UML", "Doing Hard Time", "Real-Time Design Patterns", and "Real-Time UML Workshop for Embedded Systems" - Bruce Powel Douglass. Bruce is the Chief Evangelist for IBM/Rational, makers of the Rhapsody^(tm) and other UML design automation tools, is on the advisory board of the Embedded Systems Conference, and is a contributor to the UML and other standards. He speaks all over the world, writes a *bunch* and consults in a variety of industries. If you would like to engage him for consulting, mentoring, project/process assessment and improvement, or speaking, contact him at Bruce.Douglass at us.ibm.com on twitter @BruceDouglass.

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