Use Case Driven UML Object Modeling Application - Case Study Analysis

Author: Doug Rosenberg, Kendall Scott (USA)
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This book is a practical guide to use case-driven design methodology, using an online bookstore as an example of an e-commerce system to elaborate on the design process, provide common design mistakes and their correct solutions. It bridges the gap between the theory of use case-driven design methodology and the practical problems involved in developing Internet e-commerce applications. The book is written around the proven ICONIX process, which explains an efficient UML modeling design method. This method does not skip analysis and design, thus avoiding analysis paralysis. It is a low-threshold, use case-driven design method that introduces four key phases: domain modeling, use case modeling, robustness analysis, and sequence diagramming. For each topic in the book, it provides an overview, detailed discussion, lists common mistakes, and offers a set of exercises to improve readers' object modeling and design skills. Additionally, the book includes three chapters on reviews, covering requirements review, preliminary design review, and critical design review. These chapters explain how to review UML models to ensure design quality, filling a major gap in such books. Through examples, the book illustrates how to avoid over 70 specific design mistakes, which are listed in a "Top 10" format in each chapter, as well as on the inside and back covers. Through these error lists, examples, and exercises, readers will gain the knowledge and skills needed to perform efficient use case modeling. The ICONIX process is a proven, efficient, use case-driven UML object modeling method. The book uses the creation of an online bookstore as an example to elaborate on the design philosophy and steps of the ICONIX process. The book consists of 8 chapters, with 4 chapters explaining the 4 phases of the ICONIX process: domain modeling, use case modeling, robustness analysis, and sequence diagramming. For each topic, it provides an overview, detailed discussion, lists common mistakes, and offers a set of exercises to improve readers' object modeling and design skills. The 3 chapters on reviews introduce requirements review, preliminary design review, and critical design review, explaining how to review UML models to ensure design quality and filling a major gap in this area. This book is suitable for designers, programmers, and system engineers who adopt object-oriented technology.