Uses friendly, easy-to-understand For Dummies style to help
readers learn to model systems with the latest version of UML, the
modeling language used by companies throughout the world to develop
blueprints for complex computer systems

Guides programmers, architects, and business analysts through
applying UML to design large, complex enterprise applications that
enable scalability, security, and robust execution
Illustrates concepts with mini-cases from different business
domains and provides practical advice and examples
Covers critical topics for users of UML, including object
modeling, case modeling, advanced dynamic and functional modeling,
and component and deployment modeling

Autorentext
Michael Jesse Chonoles ia an established system developer, educator, author, and consultant. Michael has done just about everything that you can do in software and system developmentbusiness, requirements, and software analysis; software, system, and architectural design; coding in many languages; testing and quality controlright through marketing, packing, and shrinkwrapping the software. He is former Chief of Methodology at the Advanced Concepts Center (ACC) and has an MSE in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and BSs in Math and Physics from MIT. James A. Schardt is Advanced Concepts Center's Chief Technologist. He provides 24 years of experience and a firm grounding in object oriented development, data warehousing, and distributed systems. He teaches and mentors Fortune 50 companies in the U.S. and abroad. His many years of practice in object-oriented systems, database design, change management, business engineering, instructional design, and team facilitation bring a wealth of experience to his assignments.

Zusammenfassung

Uses friendly, easy-to-understand For Dummies style to help readers learn to model systems with the latest version of UML, the modeling language used by companies throughout the world to develop blueprints for complex computer systems
Guides programmers, architects, and business analysts through applying UML to design large, complex enterprise applications that enable scalability, security, and robust execution
Illustrates concepts with mini-cases from different business domains and provides practical advice and examples
Covers critical topics for users of UML, including object modeling, case modeling, advanced dynamic and functional modeling, and component and deployment modeling

Inhalt

Introduction 1

Part I: UML and System Development 7

Chapter 1: What's UML About, Alfie? 9

Chapter 2: Following Best Practices 19

Part II: The Basics of Object Modeling 37

Chapter 3: Objects and Classes 39

Chapter 4: Relating Objects That Work Together 61

Chapter 5: Including the Parts with the Whole 83

Chapter 6: Reusing Superclasses: Generalization and Inheritance 93

Chapter 7: Organizing UML Class Diagrams and Packages 111

Part III: The Basics of Use-Case Modeling 129