Applying Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML: An Annotated e-Commerce Example (The Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series)

The book goes into all the steps of iconix (a kind of lightweight RUP); It uses small examples drawn from an ecommerce system implementation; It shows top ten errors in each step of the process. However the implication is that the book takes you through an eceommerce example using iconix (use cases, activity diagrams etc) but it doesn't. It takes you through the theory of Iconix and shows disjointed fragments of the system. There is a lot of good stuff in there, but a fully worked example would have been far more useful, especially as it is described as a companion to another theory book. So, useful bot as good as the description suggests.

Applying Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML: An Annotated e-Commerce Example is a practical, hands-on guide to putting use case methods to work in real-world situations. This workbook is a companion to Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML. It bridges the gap between the theory presented in the main book and the practical issues involved in the development of an Internet e-commerce application.

Uniquely conceived as a workbook and featuring as a running example an e-commerce system for an online bookstore, Applying Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML examines design in detail, demonstrating the most common design mistakes and the correct design solutions. The hands-on exercises allow you to detect, identify, and correct critical errors on your own, before reviewing the solutions provided in the book.

Structured around the proven ICONIX Process, this workbook presents a streamlined approach to UML modeling designed to avoid analysis paralysis without skipping analysis and design. The book presents the four key phases of this minimalist approach to use case driven design—domain modeling, use case modeling, robustness analysis, and sequence diagramming—and for each topic provides an overview, detailed discussion, list of common mistakes, and a set of exercises for honing object modeling and design skills.

The three chapters on reviews are also unique. The authors devote a chapter each to requirements review, preliminary design review, and critical design review. This focus on "designing quality in" by teaching how to review UML models fills a major gap in the published literature.

Through examples, Applying Use Case Driven Object Modelingwith UML shows you how to avoid more than seventy specific design errors, as illustrated by the "Top 10" error lists included as a handy key on the inside covers and within each chapter. With the information, examples, and exercises found here, you will develop the knowledge and skills you need to apply use case modeling more effectively to your next application.

In this first-ever use case workbook, proven authors Doug Rosenberg and Kendall Scott help developers and analysts put their use case knowledge to the test, in real-world projects. A perfect companion to the authors' breakthrough Use Case Driven Modeling with UML -- or any other introductory guide to use cases -- this book offers systematic hands-on practice in implementing use cases, based on the authors' unparalleled experience in teaching working developers. This workbook dissects the design of an Internet bookstore, step-by-step, in exceptional detail -- showing common mistakes in building use cases, and how the models look once they've been corrected. The authors provide hands-on practice with every aspect of use case development with UML, including requirements review, domain modeling, use case modeling, preliminary design review, robustness analysis, sequence diagrams, critical design review, and more. The book also contains five valuable "Top 10" lists, including lists of errors in robustness analysis and sequence diagramming. For all systems analysts, software architects, software engineers, and developers interested in working with UML or strengthening their current UML skills Situated between the very large Rational Unified Process and the very small eXtreme programing approach, the ICONIX process makes use of the Unified Modeling Language. The authors overview this process which draws on all these methodologies, and bring reality to theory via a running Internet Bookstore example and exercises. Appendices include part of a model report (available in full from an auxiliary Web site), and use case documentation. A supporting workbook and CD-ROM are also available. Both authors are with ICONIX Software Engineering, Inc. (Pearson Education) Examines use case driven object modeling with UML, demonstrating the most common design mistakes and the correct solutions. Features 'top 10' error lists, numerous examples, and practice exercises to facilitate material retention. For anyone interested in practical applications of this type of modeling. Softcover. Object-oriented methods (Computer Science). This title seeks to bridge the gap between the theory and real-world application of using UML to build better software. It is a tutorial that encourages readers to put their use case knowledge into practice through the extensive use of examples throughout. "This is the fourth report on mothers and babies in NSW to combine the annual reports of the NSW Midwives Data Collection (MDC), the Neonatal Intensive Care Units' Data Collection and the NSW Birth Defects Register."--Page 9