OOA/D with UML and OO Patterns – Intro

So, we’re going to do a new series on this – based on the exellent book “Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development”, by Craig Larman.

Unfortunately I only have the 2002 2nd edition (from my student days, don’t recall a thing…) but looking at the updates in the 2005 3rd edition I think we can work around this, especially seeing as we have access to the new chapters via InformIT’s excellent Safari Bookshelf.

The updates to look out for are:

• UML 2

• A second case study

• More tips on iterative and evolutionary development combined with OOA/D

• Rewritten with new learning aids and graphics for easier study

• New college-educator teaching resources

• Agile Modeling, Test-Driven Development, and refactoring

• More on process modeling with UML activity diagrams

• Guidance on applying the UP in a light, agile spirit, complementary with other iterative methods such as XP and Scrum

• Applying the UML to documenting architectures

• A new chapter on evolutionary requirements

• Refinement of the use case chapters, using the very popular approach of [Cockburn01]