UML Beginner's Guide

Author: (USA) Maksimchuk (R.A.), (USA)
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: Many books on UML reveal the unknown details of UML, while this book describes the fundamental key points for effectively modeling all aspects of a software-intensive system. —Grady Booch, One of the founders of UML. The special sections in this book provide vivid lessons based on real-world examples. For the dilemmas described by the authors' personal experiences, readers will feel deeply connected. They effectively demonstrate the value of UML technology. —James Rumbaugh, One of the founders of UML, IBM Distinguished Engineer. This book avoids any complex theories and offers practical explanations and authoritative application guides for UML and its core technologies. It features the following:
- Explains UML by addressing real-world challenges you face.
- Organizes content in the order of activities you need to perform in a project.
- Introduces useful MUL elements and provides solutions to problems you may encounter.
This book is suitable for anyone who needs to create, understand, or review UML models, beyond professional modelers. Whether you are a project manager, programmer, architect, database designer, or documentation expert, this book will help you achieve your goals with UML effortlessly and efficiently.
This book provides practical explanations and authoritative application guides for UML core technologies. It is divided into 10 chapters and 3 appendices. The main body is organized in the order of activities readers need to perform in a project. Chapter 1 briefly introduces UML, while Chapters 2 to 7 elaborate on the importance and application of UML in business modeling, requirements modeling, architecture modeling, application modeling, database modeling, and testing. Chapter 8 introduces the new changes in UML 2.0, Chapter 9 discusses key considerations when starting a project with UML, and Chapter 10 lists additional resources for learning UML modeling. The appendices include a glossary, answers to review questions, and UML diagrams and elements.
This book is particularly suitable for readers who play certain roles in software development activities but do not engage in regular modeling, such as project managers, programmers, architects, database designers, and documentation experts. It also helps beginners interested in UML to recognize and learn its core knowledge.