WA1590 Introduction to UML and Visual Modeling Training and Courseware Course Outline

1. Overview of OOAD

  • Topics
  • Tower of Hanoi
  • Objects
  • Objects Examples
  • Objects Identification and Attributes
  • Operations and Methods
  • Object Relationship
  • Encapsulation
  • Classes
  • Examples of Classes
  • Examples of Object Type Identification in UML
  • Inheritance
  • Example of Inheritance
  • Discovering Inheritance
  • Polymorphism
  • Example of Polymorphism
  • Object-Oriented Programming Languages
  • Topics
  • Development Process
  • The Rational Unified Process
  • Inception Phase
  • Elaboration Phase
  • Construction Phase
  • Transition Phase
  • Software Development Life Cycle with the RUP
  • Topics
  • What is UML?
  • History of UML
  • Building Blocks of UML
  • Things in UML
  • Examples of UML Things
  • Relationships in UML
  • Examples of UML Relationships
  • Diagrams in UML
  • Classifier in UML
  • Examples of UML Classifiers
  • Common Mechanisms in UML
  • Common Mechanisms in UML cont
  • Examples of UML Extensibility
  • Advantages of UML
  • Summary
 

2. Use Case Analysis

  • Topics
  • Use Cases
  • Benefits of Use Cases
  • Classifying Use Cases
  • Levels of use cases
  • For use case modeling
  • Use Case Modeling
  • Use Case Modeling Steps
  • Step 1 - Scope
  • Lists used to manage scope In/out list
  • Step 2 - Actors
  • Actor Notation
  • Finding Actors
  • Finding Actors - continued
  • Step 3 - Goal List
  • Step 4 and 5 Finding Use Cases
  • Sections Of A Use Case
  • Documenting Use Cases
  • Use Case Notation
  • Action Sequence
  • Use Case Relationships
  • Time Schedule Application
  • Case Study
  • Case Study Time Schedule Management
  • Use Cases Time Schedule Management
  • UC01 Add a new appointment
  • UC01 Add a new appointment
  • UC01 Add a new appointment
  • UC01 Add a new appointment
  • Use Case Diagram
  • Time Schedule Use Case Diagram
 

3. Object Activity Analysis

  • Topics
  • Activity Analysis
  • Object Activities
  • Activity Diagrams
  • Activity Notation in UML
  • Initial Nodes and Activity Final
  • Activity Transitions
  • Conditional Flow
  • Branch
  • Example of a Branch
  • Merge
  • Tokens
  • Parallel Activities
  • Fork
  • Join
  • Synchronization of Parallel Transitions
  • Signals
  • Time Signals
  • Accept Signals
  • Partitions
  • Partitions An Example
  • Pins and Transformations
  • Pins
  • Transformations
  • When to Use Activity Diagram
  • Interaction Diagrams
  • Sequence Diagram
  • Sequence Diagram Notations
  • Sequence Diagram Notation
  • Message Notation
  • To Draw a Sequence Diagram
  • Use Case Realizations
  • Communication Diagram
  • Communication Diagram An example
  • Using Interaction Diagrams
 

4. Class Identification

  • Topics
  • Identifying Classes
  • Entity Class
  • Control Class
  • Boundary Class
  • A Good Class
  • A Good Class cont'd
  • Bad Classes
  • Finding Classes and their Relationships
  • Noun/verb Analysis
  • Noun/verb Analysis example
  • Refine
  • CRC Cards
  • What is a Responsibility?
  • What is a Collaboration?
  • Identifying Classes Using CRCs
  • CRC Cards An Example
  • Class Diagram
  • Class Notation in UML
  • The Name Compartment
  • The Attribute Compartment
  • The Operation Compartment
  • Translating CRC Cards to a Class Diagram
  • The Scheduling System
  • UC-01 Classes
  • The EmployeeInfo Class
  • Object Diagram
  • Object Notation in UML
  • Object Links and Messages
  • Message Notation
  • Link Types
  • Examples of Object Links
 

5. Class Relationship Analysis

  • Topics
  • Types of Class Relationships
  • Identifying Class Relationships
  • Examples of Relationships in UML
  • Class Association Relationship
  • Class Association Relationships in UML
  • Reading Class Associations
  • Multiplicity
  • Reading Multiplicity
  • Aggregation
  • Aggregation An Example
  • Composition
  • Composition An Example
  • Qualification
  • Qualification An Example
  • Association Class
  • Association Class An Example
 

6. Object State Analysis

  • Topics
  • Object State
  • UML and State
  • Object States
  • State Machine Diagrams
  • State Notation in UML
  • Start and End Points of a state Diagram
  • State Transitions
  • Types of Events
  • Signals
  • Call Event
  • Time and Change Events
  • Substates and Superstates
  • Concurrent State Diagrams
  • Usefulness
  • State Diagram Example
 

7. Other UML Diagrams

  • Topics
  • UML Diagrams
  • Composite Structure Diagram
  • Timing Diagram
  • State-as-Line Timing Diagram
  • State-As-Area Timing Diagram
  • Interaction Overview Diagram
 

Appendix A. Basic Modeling in RSA

  • Overview
  • What is a Model in RSA?
  • Relationship Between Model Project, Model, Model Element and Diagrams.
  • Creating New Model Projects
  • Add a New Model to a Project
  • Saving and Deleting a Model
  • Importing and Exporting a Model
  • Importing and Exporting Model Templates
  • Moving and Renaming a Model
  • Cross-Model Referencing
  • Opening External Model Files
  • Model Elements
  • Adding Model Elements to a Model
  • Structural Elements
  • Behavioral Elements
  • Organizational Elements
  • Annotational Elements
  • Relationship Basics
  • Summary