Schaum's Outline of UML (Schaum's Outline Series) [Paperback]

Simon Bennett (Author), John Skelton (Author), Ken Lunn (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0077107411 | ISBN-13: 978-0077107413 | Publication Date: December 1, 2004 | Edition: 2

UML has established itself as the industry standard for modeling software systems. Schaum's Outline of UML, Second Edition, provides you with a step-by-step guide to the notation and use of UML, with a focus on the new UML 2.0 software. The book features:

• Complete explanations of UML modeling technique
• An exploration of the new UML 2.0 infrastructure
• Examples and exercises
• Two extended cases studies
• New review questions
• And more

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About the Author

Simon Bennett is a systems architect in the Corporate Architecture and Innovations Group of Celesio AG.

John Skelton is a technical authority with Morse, the technology integration and IT services company.

Ken Lunn is a principal lecturer at Huddersfield University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 380 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Europe; 2 edition (December 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0077107411
• ISBN-13: 978-0077107413
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #569,081 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very useful book from a classroom perspective, May 11, 2001

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Kidambi Seshadri (Currently in US, Basically from India) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Schaum's Outline of UML (Paperback)

When I wanted to learn C language, the second book I picked up was this same series on C [the first one being K & R, which I read later to comprehend].

This book on UML follows the same tradition of "Teach a concept then give plenty of exercises to practice what you learnt". It includes two case studies also. It also includes a chapter on Real time UML, another on OCL and another chapter on Design patterns. A very good buy for the money (16+ dollars).

Pros: Excellent book for beginners Lots of exercises to practice what you learnt. This can be a first book to read before moving into heavy weights like UML series [from awl] or Booch series [from sigs]. Coverage of Object Constraint Language

Cons: May be taking a case tool like Rational Rose or TogetherJ for implementation, as a side-by-side treatment would have made this book more comprehensive.

Overall I am very much satisfied with this book at a elementary level.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent and cheap textbook on UML, January 12, 2007

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This review is from: Schaum's Outline of UML (Schaum's Outline Series) (Paperback)

Considering the pricetag of textbooks on this subject, this Schaum's outline is an excellent value. This is one of those Schaum's that has enough good narrative to stand alone as a textbook on a subject. The book takes the practical stance of involving two case studies throughout that serve as subject matter for the numerous examples. One is CarMatch, which is a franchising company promotes car sharing. The other is VolBank, which is a non-profit organization matching volunteers with people and groups needing help. This book covers version 2.0 of UML. The book provides a "How To" section in each chapter in whch examples are developed from one of the two case studies. The two case studies provide examples that cover business modeling, information system development, and real-time system development.

The first two chapters of the book introduce the case studies and provide background to UML. The next twelve chapters explain the notation of UML diagrams and how to produce them. For each type of diagram there are sections on the notation, on how to produce the diagrams, on how each diagram is related to other diagrams, on how each diagram can be used in business modeling, and on how each diagram fits into the Unified Software
Development Process. Each chapter has a set of review questions with answers at the back of the book, solved problems, and supplementary problems. Chapter 15 covers the ways in which UML can be extended. The final two chapters provide information on related topics: Software tools for UML and design patterns. The book concludes with a summary of UML notation, answer pointers for the review questions, the UML Metamodel architecture, a glossary, and a bibliography.

The only thing missing from this book is more integration with tools such as Rational Rose, and more examples of coding from the UML. However, considering the price and the ground covered, I still consider this a five star book on the subject of UML.

5.0 out of 5 stars Richard's Review, August 2, 2011

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This review is from: Schaum's Outline of UML (Paperback)

The book arrived in very good order with only minor "dog ears". That being said, the book is easy to read and understand, and well put together.