UML in Practice

UML is the de facto industry standard modelling language for specifying, visualising, constructing and documenting aspects of the design of software systems. To use UML effectively is to move beyond the theoretical presentation of language notation and to understand how to use it to communicate both the modelling problems and their solutions.

This book is a practical discussion of a wide range of UML based techniques, introduced within the context of real-life examples and solutions. Pascal Roques is involved in day-to-day software development, and the emphasis he places on real-life projects is unique in demonstrating how a modelling expert thinks and assesses possible solutions.

'UML in Practices' provides comprehensive coverage of the three main modelling viewpoints- functional, static and dynamic- through various examples and exercises. A final section provides the detail of interaction and class diagrams to fill in the design level models for Java and C# targets. This book takes into accounts the emerging UML 2.0 standards and is a refreshing and accessible guide to the art of modelling software systems with UML.