Unified Modeling Language

Duration: 2 days

This class covers the notation for the Unified Modeling Language, version 1.3. It includes an overview of OOAD concepts. This is not intended to replace an OOAD course.

This course is appropriate for managers, technical writers, marketing professionals, or QA analysts. It is designed for people who need to gain a reading knowledge of UML or who wish an introduction to UML. The course is not in enough depth to be useful to create UML diagrams.

Class Outline

Module 1

• Intro to UML
• Business Use Cases
• Software Use Cases

Module 2

• Activity Diagrams
• Key Abstractions - class and simple sequence diagrams

Module 3

• Use Case Realizations - collaborations
• Detailed Sequence Diagrams
• Detailed Class Diagrams

Module 4

• Collaboration Diagrams
• State Diagrams
• Component, Deployment, Packages, and Custom features

Required Text: UML Distilled Second Edition, Martin Fowler with Kendal Scott, Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-201-65783-X

Prerequisites: None