Visual Modeling with UML 2

This one-day course is a focused and pragmatic introduction and survey of visual modeling practice using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) version 2. It can be a first step toward formal training in object-oriented analysis and design, or it can fulfill a need for a br oad understanding of UML without a need for detail that the student ma y not need, or is not prepared to absorb. This course provides a concise overview of object-orientati on, clearly defines the distinctive properties of classes versus objects, and how to think qualitatively about object-orientation while remain ing independent of any specific implementation or programming language. The course discusses and offers examples of all 13 diagrams in UML version 2, but focuses on the five â??coreâ?? diagrams needed most frequently for business analysis, and software pr ojects. Students complete six di agramming exercises, and work together in an additional conceptu al exercise. The exercises provide the students the opportunity to immediately test and evaluate their u nderstanding of the course content.