Visual modeling with Rational Rose 2000 and UML

Visual Modeling with Rational Rose 2000 and UML is a
comprehensive introduction and tutorial providing guidance on how to use a tool
(Rational Rose 2000), a process (the Rational Unified Process), and a language
(the UML) to successfully visualize, specify, document, and construct a software
system. Written by the Rose Evangelist at Rational Software Corporation, a
leader in UML and object technology, this book breaks the technology down to its
essentials and provides clear explanations of each element. It follows a
simplified version of the Rational Unified Process from project inception
through system analysis and design. A sample case study running throughout the
book illustrates this iterative development process, the UML in practice, and
the application of Rational Rose. New appendices demonstrate code generation and
reverse engineering using Rational Rose 2000 with the Visual C++, C++, and
Visual Basic languages.

Topics covered include:

• Creating use cases
  
• Finding objects and classes
  
• UML stereotypes and packages
  
• Scenarios, sequence diagrams, and collaboration diagrams
  
• Discovering object interaction
  
• Specifying relationships, association, and aggregation
  
• Adding behavior and structure
  
• Superclass/subclass relationships and inheritance
  
• Object behavior and Harel state transition diagrams
  
• Checking for model consistency
  
• Specifying, visualizing, and documenting system architecture
  
• The iteration planning process

table of contents

Chapter 1:
Introduction
Chapter 2:
Beginning a Project
Chapter 3:
Creating Use Cases
Chapter 4:
Finding Classes
Chapter 5:
Discovering Object Interaction
Chapter 6:
Specifying Relationships
Chapter 7:
Adding Behavior and Structure
Chapter 8:
Discovering Inheritance
Chapter 9:
Analyzing Object Behavior
Chapter 10:
Checking the Model
Chapter 11:
Designing the System Architecture
Chapter 12:
Building the Iterations
Appendix A:
Code Generation and Reverse Engineering with C++
Appendix B:
Code Generation and Reverse Engineering with Visual C++ and Visual Basic
Appendix C:
A Visual Basic Example
Glossary
Index