DEV475 Mastering Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with UML ...

DEV475 Mastering Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with UMLIdentify Key AbstractionsArchitectural Analysis Steps• Key Concepts• Define the High-Level Organization ofSubsystems• Identify Analysis mechanisms• Identify Key Abstractions• Create Use-Case Realizations• CheckpointsMastering Object Oriented Analysis and Design with UMLCopyright © 2003 Rational Software, all rights reserved 28This is where the key abstractions for the problem domain are defined. Furthermore,this is where the “vocabulary” of the software system is established.The purpose of this step is to "prime the pump" for analysis by identifying anddefining the key abstractions that the system must handle. These may have beeninitially identified during business modeling and requirement activities. However,during those activities, the focus was on the problem domain. During analysis anddesign, our focus is more on the solution domain.5 - 28