{"product_id":"uml-2-for-dummies-isbn-9780764526145","title":"UML 2 For Dummies","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses friendly, easy-to-understand For Dummies style to help readers learn to model systems with the latest version of UML, the modeling language used by companies throughout the world to develop blueprints for complex computer systems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGuides programmers, architects, and business analysts through applying UML to design large, complex enterprise applications that enable scalability, security, and robust execution\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIllustrates concepts with mini-cases from different business domains and provides practical advice and examples\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers critical topics for users of UML, including object modeling, case modeling, advanced dynamic and functional modeling, and component and deployment modeling\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: UML and System Development 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: What’s UML About, Alfie? 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Following Best Practices 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Basics of Object Modeling 37\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Objects and Classes 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Relating Objects That Work Together 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Including the Parts with the Whole 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Reusing Superclasses: Generalization and Inheritance 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Organizing UML Class Diagrams and Packages 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Basics of Use-Case Modeling 129\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Introducing Use-Case Diagrams 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Defining the Inside of a Use Case 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Relating Use Cases to Each Other 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: The Basics of Functional Modeling 175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Introducing Functional Modeling 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Capturing Scenarios with Sequence Diagrams 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: Specifying Workflows with Activity Diagrams 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Capturing How Objects Collaborate 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15: Capturing the Patterns of Behavior 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Dynamic Modeling 259\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16: Defining the Object’s Lives with States 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17: Interrupting the States by Hosting Events 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18: Avoiding States of Confusion 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Modeling the System’s Architecture 313\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19: Deploying the System’s Components 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20: Breaking the System into Packages\/Subsystems 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: The Part of Tens 359\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21: Ten Common Modeling Mistakes 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 22: Ten Useful UML Web Sites 371\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 23: Ten Useful UML Modeling Tools 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 24: Ten Diagrams for Quick Development 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 393\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael Jesse Chonoles\u003c\/b\u003e ia an established system developer, educator, author, and consultant. Michael has done just about everything that you can do in software and system development—business, requirements, and software analysis; software, system, and architectural design; coding in many languages; testing and quality control—right through marketing, packing, and shrinkwrapping the software. He is former Chief of Methodology at the Advanced Concepts Center (ACC) and has an MSE in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and BSs in Math and Physics from MIT.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames A. Schardt\u003c\/b\u003e is Advanced Concepts Center’s Chief Technologist. He provides 24 years of experience and a firm grounding in object oriented development, data warehousing, and distributed systems. He teaches and mentors Fortune 50 companies in the U.S. and abroad. His many years of practice in object-oriented systems, database design, change management, business engineering, instructional design, and team facilitation bring a wealth of experience to his assignments. \u003c\/p\u003e  Get up to speed on object-oriented modeling  \u003cp\u003eBuild complex architectures with UML 2, follow best practices, and express yourself\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen it comes to modeling, this book is not just another pretty face! It guides you gently through the complexities of UML, helps you adjust to the UML 2 standard, shows you how to extract key information from UML models, and more. 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