UML summary

• Unified Modeling Language - UML.
• A modeling language, not a method.
• Provides a graphical representation that allows developers and architects to model a software system before the system is ever built.
• Analogy - an architect creating a blueprint before a house or office building is ever built.
• The UML does not specify a methodology/process. Therefore, saying ``We use the UML methodology is incorrect.''

A few URLs for reference:

• http://www.omg.org
• http://www.rational.com/uml/index.jsp
• UML Distilled - http://www.awl.com/cseng/titles/0-201-32563-2

• Standard diagrams
  • Use Case diagram
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  • Class diagram
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  • Sequence diagram
  • Collaboration diagram
  • Package diagram
  • State diagram
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  • Activity diagram
  • Component diagram
  • Deployment diagram