UML Weekend Crash Course™ - To Parent Directory

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Contents
Encapsulation ...................................................................................30
To use the object ............................................................................30
To make the object work properly ........................................................31
Giving an object purpose ..................................................................32
Encapsulation summary ...................................................................32
Session 4–Defining Requirements for the Case Study ....................................35
The Case Study Problem Statement ..........................................................35
Receiving .........................................................................................36
Stocking ..........................................................................................36
Order fulfillment ................................................................................36
Shipping ..........................................................................................36
Types of Requirements ..........................................................................36
Business process ................................................................................37
Constraints .......................................................................................38
Rules ..............................................................................................38
Performance ......................................................................................39
An Inventory Control System ..................................................................40
Identifying requirements ......................................................................40
Users ..........................................................................................40
Resources .....................................................................................41
Functionality .................................................................................42
Avoiding early pitfalls .........................................................................42
Pitfall #1: Making assumptions ...........................................................43
Pitfall #2: Replicating existing implementations ......................................43
Pitfall #3: Mistaking preferences for requirements ....................................43
SATURDAY ...............................................................................................46
Part II—Saturday Morning ..................................................................48
Session 5–Understanding the Use Case Model ...............................................49
The Purpose of the Use Case Model ..........................................................50
The Resources of the Use Case Model .......................................................51
Use Case diagram ...............................................................................51
Use Case narrative ..............................................................................51
Use Case scenarios ..............................................................................52
Defining the Elements of the Use Case Diagram .........................................52
Use Case system .................................................................................53
Use Case actors ..................................................................................53
Use Cases .........................................................................................54
Use Case relationships .........................................................................55
Association notation .......................................................................56
Stereotype notation .........................................................................56
dependency notation .......................................................56
dependency notation ........................................................57
Generalization ...............................................................................58