UML Weekend Crash Course™ - To Parent Directory

SESSION
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What Is the UML
Session Checklist
✔ Explaining why the UML was created
✔ Defining what is and is not included in the UML specification
✔ Explaining the four-layer metamodel architecture
✔ Explaining the built-in extension mechanisms
✔ Describing how the UML is being refined and extended
The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a hot topic in an even hotter industry. The whole
software development industry has been explosive, partly due to the revolutionary nature
of software itself, which is driven by worldwide business growth and competition.
Establishing Standards
For those who are responsible for delivering these revolutionary business solutions, the
challenge is daunting. Every week new developments threaten to make our current skills
and experience obsolete. Furthermore, the software industry is relatively young and hasn’t
yet established itself as a formal discipline. Consequently, most study is focused on programming
rather than on engineering, with practitioners gravitating toward the tangible
implementation products and away from the abstract analysis and design artifacts. But it is
this very tendency that has led to many failed systems and disastrous problems.
This need for a more mature industry is behind the drive for the UML and other related
standards. Our industry needs a framework for measurable and proven engineering techniques.
The UML is one of the necessary steps in the right direction. This course helps you
understand what this step is and how the UML can help you deliver solutions in a way that
will help you and your clients reach a new level of systems development maturity.