A Practical Guide to Using UML Tools in System Analysis and Design

This book, A Practical Guide to Using UML Tools in System Analysis and Design, avails practical guidance on the construction of object-oriented systems within the context of the Unified Modeling Language (UML). It provides a sound understanding of the tools available in UML that facilitate the process of object-oriented analysis and design. Several examples are illustrated to teach the reader the application of object-oriented development within a variety of problem domains. It is suitable for both I.T students and I.T professionals. As a system analyst or architect, the book provides UML tools to enable you deliver right from requirements to implementation, using object-oriented analysis and design. The book will help the programmer or analyst to communicate with business managers during software development projects or proposals. This book consists of seven chapters. Chapter one introduces the concepts of Object-Oriented System Analysis and Design as well as Unified Modeling Language. The other chapters treat UML diagrams, their various symbols and notations, while illustrating with practical examples how to use these UML tools.