UML Technology Institute (UTI) Becomes Certification Partner in OMG Program to Certify Practitioners 
of Model-Based Systems Engineering Using SysML
UTI Will Administer Certification Program in Japanese Language Throughout Asia

Needham, MA, USA - November 30, 2009 - OMG™ and the UML Technology Institute (UTI) announce that UTI is extending its worldwide partnership as OMG Certification Partner with its participation in OMG's program to certify practitioners of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) using the Systems Modeling Language (OMG SysML™). In this role, UTI will administer testing and certification of MBSE practitioners in the Japanese language throughout Asia.

Through this program, OMG will award the OMG Certified Systems Modeling Professional™ (OCSMP™) certification at four levels. The first level, OCSMP-Certified Model User, is suitable for anyone who contributes to a model-based systems engineering project. Building on this foundation are three levels targeted at model builders and advanced model users, termed OCSMP-Certified Model Builder - Fundamental, Intermediate, and Advanced.

As OMG's partner, UTI will translate the OCSMP examinations into Japanese and take responsibility for the Japanese language program, overseeing the administration of examinations to candidates and awarding certificates to successful candidates. The title of Certification Partner reflects UTI's high level of support for the creation of the examinations that make up the OCSMP program. OMG will continue to administer the examinations in English worldwide, including Asia.

"OMG is extremely pleased to welcome UTI to their familiar role of Certification Partner for the OCSMP program," said Richard Mark Soley, Ph.D., chairman and CEO of OMG. "UTI's partnership was crucial in establishing our three current programs - OMG-Certified UML Professional (OCUP); OMG-Certified Expert in BPM (OCEB); and OMG-Certified Real-time and Embedded Specialist (OCRES) - and now UTI continues as the single source for Japanese-language OMG certifications throughout Asia."

"UTI is proud to support Japanese Systems Engineering as it moves to MBSE using the important OMG standard language SysML," said Teruo Yoshino, President, UTI. "This certification will benefit Japan's many large engineering and manufacturing companies as they design and build the large systems that support so much of our economy."

The OCSMP program is also made possible by sponsoring companies Lockheed-Martin, IBM, and Sparx Systems, and supported by the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) through a liaison relationship.

For more information about the OCSMP program, go to http://www.omg.org/ocsmp.

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About the UML Technology Institute
The UML Technology Institute Co., Ltd. was founded to promote the use of open, standards-based modeling technologies through the development of international certification programs that provide formal recognition of modeling expertise. With headquarters in Tokyo, UML Technology Institute was established in November 2002. For more information, visit www.umlcert.org.

About OMG
OMG is an international, open membership, not-for-profit computer industry consortium that in 2009 is celebrating its 20^th Anniversary. OMG Task Forces develop enterprise integration standards for a wide range of technologies, including: Real-time, Embedded and Specialized Systems, Analysis & Design, Architecture-Driven Modernization and Middleware and an even wider range of industries, including: Business Modeling and Integration, C4I, Finance, Government, Green Computing, Healthcare, Insurance, Legal Compliance, Life Sciences Research, Manufacturing Technology, Robotics, Software-Based Communications and Space.

OMG’s modeling standards, including the Unified Modeling Language™ (UML^®) and Model Driven Architecture^® (MDA^®), enable powerful visual design, execution and maintenance of software and other processes, including IT Systems Modeling and Business Process Management. OMG’s middleware standards and profiles are based on the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA^®) and support a wide variety of industries.

More information about OMG can be found at www.omg.org.  OMG is headquartered in Needham, MA, USA.

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Edited by Stephanie