UML - OOA & Design

UML - OOA & Design Introduction This interactive course presents the concepts and techniques necessary to effectively use system requirements, captured using use cases, to drive the development of a robust design model. In this hands-on workshop, participants learn to apply the Unified Modelling Language (UML) to fundamental object-oriented analysis and design concepts using the core UML diagrams. The course can run using a variety of modelling tools, including Rational Rose, Rational Modeller, Enterprise Architect, Telelogic, Visio, or a paper and pen! The course follows the rational unified process as it takes you through the analysis and then the design phase of a software lifecycle. Course Objectives
By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Create effective use-case diagrams and write effective use case descriptions and scenarios
• Identify analysis classes from use case description documents
• Create analysis sequence diagrams from analysis classes, use case descriptions and scenarios
• Create class diagrams from analysis sequence diagrams, and create design sequence diagrams allocating behaviours appropriately
• Apply the concepts of abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism to create a comprehensive class diagram
• Create state charts and understand how they feed into the model
• Understand the need for mechanisms, and be able to identify required mechanisms
• Identify the need for components, and be able to identify suitable components
• Understand how to package classes effectively, and understand the principles of layering applications
• Understand the different views of a software architecture, the key mechanisms that are defined in support of that architecture, and the effect of the architecture and mechanisms on the produced design
• Describe basic design considerations, including the use of patterns

Content Concepts and UML Overview - An overview of the basic OO concepts - Abstraction - Encapsulation - Objects and Classes - Polymorphism - Interfaces - Subsystems - UML Notation Overview Introduction to Use-Cases - Overview of the basic Use-Case Modelling concepts - Actors, Use-Cases, Associations - Requirements Documents (Use Case Model, Use Case Specification, Supplementary Specification, Glossary)
Defining the Architecture - Techniques for defining the initial Architecture for the system - Introducing 3-Tier, MVC, and Layered Architectures Use Case Analysis - Techniques for identifying the initial classes from Use-Case Specifications - Allocating responsibilities to these classes - Describing the required class collaborations to deliver the Use-Case functionality - Describing the class relationships that must exist to support collaborations Analysis to Design - Techniques for moving from the initial analysis model produced in Use Case Analysis to the more formal design model
Implementing Architectural Design Patterns - Refinement of the initial architecture to incorporate key design and implementation patterns for mechanisms - Persistence - Security
Use Case Design - Techniques for refining the collaborations initially developed during 'Use Case Analysis' to incorporate the defined architectural patterns and design elements - Techniques for designing the internals of subsystems identified during 'Analysis to Design'
Introducing Design Patterns - Commonly used Design Patterns - Singleton - Factory - Abstract Factory - State
Class Design - Techniques for designing the internals the design classes - Modelling state-controlled behaviour - The refinement of the class relationships and the incorporation of basic patterns