Overview

ISBN: 0077098641
No of pages: 612 pages
Published: December 2001

Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design using UML introduces students to the overall process of systems analysis and design. We also discuss implementation issues in useful detail and give code fragments to show possible mappings to implementation technology. It also addresses transferable skills, such as those used in fact-finding and project management.

The book presents various lifecycle models, and provides a framework for development using an iterative and incremental process and the major techniques from UML 1.4. Two case studies are used, one for illustrative examples and the other for practical exercises for the reader.

The book is structured into four sections, which can be combined in different ways to be of relevance for different modules. The first section is an introduction to information systems and provides the context; the second section explains fundamental object-oriented concepts and covers requirements capture and analysis; the third covers system design and object design; and the fourth covers system development management and methodologies.

The book provides a clear and comprehensive treatment of UML 1.4 in the context of the systems development life cycle, without assuming previous knowledge of analysis and design.

Extensive use of examples and exercises from the two case studies provides the reader with many opportunities to practise the application of UML.

Written as a course book for students who are first encountering systems analysis and design at whatever level, the book will also be found useful for professionals wishing to update their skills in modern object-oriented methods.

The first edition has been adopted as a set text on courses worldwide. The second edition updates the notation to follow the latest version of the UML standard and reflects the most up to date approaches to the information systems development process.