▁help ▁to ▁achieve ▁complete ▁life - cycle ▁coverage . ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁decl ine ▁of ▁the ▁main frame , ▁AD / C ycle ▁and ▁the ▁Big ▁CASE ▁tools ▁died ▁off , ▁opening ▁the ▁market ▁for ▁the ▁main stream ▁CASE ▁tools ▁of ▁today . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁leaders ▁of ▁the ▁CASE ▁market ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁ended ▁up ▁being ▁purchased ▁by ▁Computer ▁Associ ates , ▁including ▁IE W , ▁IE F , ▁AD W , ▁C ay enne , ▁and ▁Lear month ▁& ▁B urch ett ▁Management ▁Systems ▁( L B MS ). ▁ ▁The ▁other ▁tr end ▁that ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁evolution ▁of ▁CASE ▁tools ▁was ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁object - orient ed ▁methods ▁and ▁tools . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁various ▁tool ▁vend ors ▁added ▁some ▁support ▁for ▁object - orient ed ▁methods ▁and ▁tools . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁new ▁products ▁arose ▁that ▁were ▁designed ▁from ▁the ▁bottom ▁up ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁object - orient ed ▁approach . ▁Anders en ▁developed ▁its ▁project ▁E agle ▁as ▁an ▁alternative ▁to ▁Foundation . ▁Several ▁of ▁the ▁thought ▁leaders ▁in ▁object - orient ed ▁development ▁each ▁developed ▁their ▁own ▁method ology ▁and ▁CASE ▁tool ▁set : ▁Jacob sen , ▁R umb augh , ▁Bo och , ▁etc . ▁Event ually , ▁these ▁diverse ▁tool ▁sets ▁and ▁methods ▁were ▁cons olid ated ▁via ▁standards ▁led ▁by ▁the ▁Object ▁Management ▁Group ▁( OM G ). ▁The ▁O M G ' s ▁Un ified ▁Mod elling ▁Language ▁( U ML ) ▁is ▁currently ▁widely