WA1446 Mastering Rational Software Architect v6 Training and Courseware Course Outline

WA1446 Mastering Rational Software Architect v6 Training and Courseware Course Outline

1. Introduction to RSA
	Basic purpose of the tool Getting online help - Other sources of information Workspace Perspective, Views and Editors Importing and exporting files Searching Tutorials and samples

2. Model driven software development (MDD)
	What is model driven development? Models as blueprints Automation from a well defined model Use of patterns Artifacts derived from a model Code - Documentation Test artifacts Build and deployment scripts Benefits of MDD Detail concepts Abstraction Precise modeling Automation Architectural style Role of UML Patterns Quality and consistency Platform independence Layered modeling How RSA supports MDD Basics UML 2.0 Editor UML profile support RSA Patterns RSA Transformations Software lifecycle in MDD

3. Basic Modeling in RSA
	What is a model in RSA? Relationship between model project, model, model element and diagrams Creating new Modeling Projects Adding a new model to a project Basic operations Saving models Importing and exporting models Move, delete and rename models Opening external model files Adding model elements to a model Structural model elements Such as actors, classes, components, and nodes Behavioral model elements Activities, decisions, messages, objects, and states. - Organizational model elements Annotational model elements Relationship basics

4. Using Diagrams
	What is a diagram? Relationship between a diagram and a model Types of diagrams available Detail description of each diagram type Activity - Browse - Class Communication Component Composite structure Deployment Freeform Interaction overview Object Package Sequence State machine Timing Topic Use case Creating a diagram for a model Creating a diagram for a model element Basic operations Opening Saving Export as image Printing. Page breaks. Viewing all or part of the diagram Linking diagrams Why link diagrams? Adding link for a diagram in another Linking from a note Adding elements to a diagram Connecting elements.

5. Relationship details
	How is relationship used in a model? Types of relationships. Describe in details and show How to model them in RSA. Abstraction Aggregation Binding - Composition Dependency Directed association Implementation Realization Usage Include Extend Extension point Exploring relationship Topic diagram Browse diagram Analyzing relationship using tracability

6. Advanced modeling
	Types of model you should create Use case Analysis Design Capturing application requirements in a use case model Capturing application domain in an analysis model Capturing application architecture in a design model Using stereotypes and constraints Examining inheritence hierarchy Validating and repairing models Searching in a model Customizing modeling preferences

7. Publishing models
	Introduction Publish to a web site Model report Viewing and printing reports Customize report data selection

8. Transform Model to Code
	Motivation behind code generation Basic capabilities of RSA Creating and modifying transformation configuration. Generating Java classes from a model Generating C++ classes from a model

9. Developing Applications based on a Model
	How to build a complex modern application based on a model. Cover the basic methodology for Java, Web and EJB Discovering patterns in code Developing a Java application. Developing a Web based application. Developing an EJB based application. Basics of software development, debugging and testing in RSA

10. Developing Resuable Artifacts
	Introduction and motivation Creating patterns Testing patterns Publishing patterns RAS Assets Managing RAS assets Documenting RAS assets Importing and exporting RAS assets

11. Team Development
	Challenges of developing a model by a team Partitioning a model Comparing versions of a model Conflicts and merging conflicts