KnowledgeWare was a software company headquartered in

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, co-founded by James Martin and run by

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. It produced a Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tool called IEW (Information Engineering Workbench) and a subsequent enhancement ADW (Application Development Workbench). These products contained four modules known as 'workstations': Planning, Analysis, Design, & Construction. KnowledgeWare was sold to

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in 1994, which was in its turn acquired by

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. Tarkenton is credited with having coined, "A fool with a tool is a faster fool" while offering classes at their offices on Peachtree Street. Tarkenton, Don Addington and other executives were eventually involved in legal actions brought by the SEC for engaging in a fraudulent scheme to inflate KnowledgeWare's financial results to meet sales and earnings projections.SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Litigation Release No. 16306 / September 28, 1999
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