Sams Teach Yourself UML in 24 Hours provides hands-on UML experience. Learn to use UML to build a model for any system development project, and understand the UML models that will undoubtedly form the basis for future system development books. Gain the knowledge and the confidence to become a UML champion in your organization by understanding topics such as Object Orientation, Using Links, Associations, and Inheritance, Working with UML Diagrams, Fitting UML into a Development Process, Modeling Deployment, and Modeling real-time Systems. Finally, the book provides a solid skill set allowing you to master an UML-based modeling tool.

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1 Part I: Getting Started 3 Hour 1. Introducing the UML 5 Hour 2. Understanding Object-Orientation 19 Hour 3. Working with Object-Orientation 33 Hour 4. Working with Relationships 45 Hour 5. Understanding Aggregations, Composites, Interfaces, and Realizations 57 Hour 6. Introducing Use Cases 67 Hour 7. Working with Use Case Diagrams 75 Hour 8. Working with State Diagrams 91 Hour 9. Working with Sequence Diagrams 105 Hour 10. Working with Collaboration Diagrams 119 Hour 11. Working with Activity Diagrams 131 Hour 12. Working with Component Diagrams 147 Hour 13. Working with Deployment Diagrams 161 Hour 14. Understanding the Foundations of the UML 171 Hour 15. Fitting the UML into a Development Process 185 Part II: A Case Study 201 Hour 16. Introducing the Case Study 203 Hour 17. Performing a Domain Analysis 221 Hour 18. Gathering System Requirements 241 Hour 19. Developing the Use Cases 259 Hour 20. Getting into Interactions and State Changes 271 Hour 21. Designing Look, Feel, and Deployment 283 Hour 22. Understanding Design Patterns 299 Part III: Looking Ahead 311 Hour 23. Modeling Embedded Systems 313 Hour 24. Shaping the Future of the UML 331 Part IV: Appendixes 347 Appendix A: Quiz Answers 349 Appendix B: Modeling Tools for the UML 361 Appendix C: A Summary in Pictures 369 Index