Analysis & Design Using UML & Use Cases

Course Objectives

This course includes coverage of the most effective techniques in use today, such as Use Case analysis, static and dynamic system modeling, using UML to document designs, and much more. The focus of the course is to give a practical approach to producing high quality object-oriented software designs and to provide the knowledge and experience necessary to avoid the most common risks associated with building production systems.

Working in a hands-on drawing environment, developers will:

• Learn the three pillars of building a system: The Model, The Process, The Best Practices
• Understand the object-oriented model, including types, objects, encapsulation, abstraction, messaging, protocols, inheritance, polymorphism, relationships, and coupling, strengths and weaknesses
• Understand the importance of a development process, and the risks of not having one, or having a bad one
• Learn how to read and create the most important UML diagrams
• Recognize the difference between analysis and design
• Be able to produce a requirements analysis
• Know how to create Use Cases
• Learn how to create a static conceptual model of your system
• Learn how to create a dynamic behavioral model of your system
• Understand how to move from analysis to design
• Understand the uses of inheritance, where it is appropriate, and where it is not
• Understand the importance and use of interfaces
• Understand how to move from design to implementation
• Discuss testing, test plans, the testing lifecycle and test methodologies

Need different skills or topics?  If your team requires different topics or tools, additional skills or custom approach, this course may be easily adjusted to accommodate.  We offer additional software development, architecture, programming and design courses which may be blended with this course for a track that best suits your development objectives. Our team will collaborate with you to understand your needs and will target the course to focus on your specific learning objectives and goals.

Course Prerequisites

This is a beginner level programming course, designed for developers or technical managers who specify, design and develop software and applications using traditional/formal/structured methods and want to learn to use an object-oriented approach.  Ideally students should have some working knowledge of a procedural programming language and syntax, such as C.

Attendees can include systems and software analysts and designers, programmers who read and implement program designs, personnel involved in inspections and design/code walk-through, software project managers managing large (re-use) projects, and maintenance personnel involved in maintaining and re-engineering software products. This course is also highly beneficial for those who specify requirements and business rules for systems. Attendees should have a working knowledge of developing software applications.  Designing and analysis experience is also extremely beneficial.  This is not a coding class.

Please see the Related Courses tab for specific Pre-Requisite courses, Related Courses that offer similar skills or topics, and next-step Learning Path recommendations.

Course Agenda

Please note that this list of topics is based on our standard course offering, evolved from typical industry uses and trends. We’ll work with you to tune this course and level of coverage to target the skills you need most.

Object Oriented Overview

• Object Orientation (OO) defined
• OO concepts
• Stating the case for OO

The Unified Modeling Language (UML)

• UML defined
• Static diagrams
• Lab: Class Diagram
• Lab: Package Diagram
• Lab: Component Diagram
• Lab: Deployment Diagram
• Dynamic diagrams
• Lab: Collaboration & Sequence
• Lab: state and Activity Diagram

Object-oriented Process Defined

• Software development process overview
• Iterative Process Framework
• Use Case-driven, architecture-centric, iterative and incremental

Object-oriented Analysis and Design

Object-oriented Persistence

Introduction to Use Cases

Use Cases Modeling Concepts

• Actors
• Use Cases
• Applying the Concept: Hands-on Lab / Case Study

Use Cases Modeling Process Defined

• Use Case Modeling Process
• Use Cases
• Applying the Concept: Hands-on Lab / Case Study

Use Cases Modeling Process in Detail

• Use Case Modeling Overview
• Create Initial Use Case
• Detailing Use Cases
• Elaborating Use Cases
• Model Use Case Relationships
• Lab

Use Cases Modeling

• Organizing the Use Case Model
• Use Cases and Business Modeling
• Use Case Instances
• Use Case Testing
• Use Cases and Interface Design
• Use Cases and Analysis Modeling
• Applying the Concept: Hands-on Lab / Case Study

Introduction to OOAD, Modeling, UML and USDP

• Classes and Objects
• Extended Case Study – Labs
• Relationship Lab
• States and Activities
• Applying the Concept: Hands-on Lab / Case Study

Object-Oriented Design

• Static Design Concepts
• Dynamic Design Concepts
• Domain Design
• Applying the Concept: Hands-on Lab / Case Study

Course Materials

Student Materials: Each student will receive a Student Guide with course notes, code samples, software tutorials, diagrams and related reference materials and links (as applicable). Our courses also include step by step hands-on lab instructions and and solutions, clearly illustrated for users to complete hands-on work in class, and to revisit to review or refresh skills at any time. Students will also receive the project files (or code, if applicable) and solutions required for the hands-on work.