Visual Modeling with Rational Rose 2002 and UML (3rd Edition) [Paperback]

Terry Quatrani (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0201729326 | ISBN-13: 978-0201729320 | Publication Date: October 19, 2002 | Edition: 3

The third edition of this popular book retains the practical approach to teaching visual modeling techniques and the industry standard Unified Modeling Language. Author Terry Quatrani, the Rose Evangelist from Rational Software Corporation, still uses the simplified case study (a course registration system for a fictional university) that has taught thousands of readers how to analyze and design an application using UML, and how to implement the application using Rational Rose. The screen shots and Rational Rose instructions have been updated to reflect the release of Rational Rose 2002. After a short history of the evolution of UML and a guide to the basic terms of software engineering, the book introduces the concept of requirements, use cases, and class diagrams. Further chapters move toward defining an architecture and even refining the design within the incremental methodology of Rational Rose.

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Within the space of just a few years, the Unified Modeling Language (UML) has emerged as the design medium of choice for developing large-scale distributed object applications. The UML's standard semantics and notation for describing object structure and behavior make it particularly well suited to this function. Augmented by the Rational Unified Process, an extensive set of software development guidelines, and the Rational Rose visual modeling tool, the UML greatly facilitates the process of developing quality object-oriented applications that meet both deadlines and requirements.

Fully updated and revised, Visual Modeling with Rational Rose 2002 and UML is a comprehensive introduction and tutorial that shows how to use a tool (Rational Rose 2002), a process (the Rational Unified Process), and a language (the UML) to successfully visualize, specify, document, and construct a software system. This timely new edition, written by the UML Evangelist at Rational Software Corporation, breaks the technology down to its essentials and provides clear explanations of each element. The book follows a simplified version of the Rational Unified Process from project inception through system analysis and design. The popular sample case study from the previous editions (a registration system for a fictional university) has been retained and updated, now better illustrating the iterative development process in practice, the UML in action, and the proper application of Rational Rose 2002. Newly updated appendixes demonstrate code generation and reverse engineering using Rational Rose 2002 with the C++, Visual C++, and Visual Basic programming languages. In addition, a handy glossary defines key object technology and software modeling terms.

Topics covered include:

• Creating use cases
• Finding objects and classes
• UML stereotypes and packages
• Scenarios, sequence diagrams, and collaboration diagrams
• Discovering object interaction
• Specifying relationships, association, and aggregation
• Adding behavior and structure
• Superclass/subclass relationships and inheritance
• Object behavior and Harel state transition diagrams
• Checking for model consistency
• Specifying, visualizing, and documenting system architecture
• The iteration planning process

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About the Author

Terry Quatrani, IBM Rational’s UML Evangelist, is responsible for training and transitioning Fortune 500 companies to object technology and for preaching the visual modeling gospel of Grady Booch, Jim Rumbaugh, and Ivar Jacobson. She has spent twenty-one years developing and deploying large software systems. Formerly at GE, she was founding consultant for the Lockheed Martin Advanced Concepts Center.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 3 edition (October 19, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201729326
• ISBN-13: 978-0201729320
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #811,774 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for the Rational Rose BEGINNER, April 24, 2003

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Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Visual Modeling with Rational Rose 2002 and UML (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

Rational Rose is a powerful tool, but like most such tools, it can be intimidating. The Unified Modeling Language or UML is also complex, so the combination can pose a problem for even the bravest of developers. Fortunately, this book is available to step you through the initial phases of beginning a project using the combination of UML with Rational Rose.
The form of the explanations is demonstrated by the example on page 136.

Creating Start States in Rational Rose
1. Click to select the Start icon from the toolbar.
2. Click on the statechart diagram to draw the Start icon.
3. Click to select the State Transition icon from the toolbar.
4. Click on the Start icon and drag the arrow to the desired state.

And there is a diagram following it that is an example of what the result should look like. Since all of the major areas of design are covered, with this book, some knowledge of the UML and a copy of Rational Rose, even the visual modeling beginner can begin creating their designs with almost no preparation.
There are those who will say that this book is too simplistic in tone. My response is to commend them for their abilities and to recommend another book. However, for all who are just beginning their relationship with Rational Rose, I strongly recommend this one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Textbook, February 25, 2011

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This review is from: Visual Modeling with Rational Rose 2002 and UML (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

Easy to read. Not a lot of useless information or silly examples. This is the best UML book that I have read.

4 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not too hot, March 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Visual Modeling with Rational Rose 2002 and UML (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

I found this book disappointing and wondered why I would ever need to use Rational Rose. For a start, the examples in the appendices of code generation are for C++ and Visual Basic. Whatever happened to Java? Second, probably the most important design technique in use today, Design Patterns, hardly gets a mention on p175, with a reference to read the GoF book.

So what are we left with? Old-fashioned programming languages and techniques. Buy a book on Java design patterns instead, of which Amazon sells several.