Dunstan Thomas Consulting: UML Essentials Training Course

Background of the Unified Modelling Language (UML)

• Includes a brief history of UML important background information
• Overview of general UML diagram elements

General UML Diagram Concepts

• Conventions that apply across all UML diagrams
• Different kinds of relationships
• Organizing elements into packages

Use Cases

• How to draw the Use Case diagram
• Identification of use cases and actors
• Discussion on application within iterative development methodologies
• Specification of Use Cases (Basic Flow, Alternate Flows, Exception Flows) using text
• Common issues and their solutions

Object and Class diagrams

• Learn how to create effective UML class diagrams which represent the business domain
• Understand how class and object diagrams provide valuable feedback about the structure of the software
• Find out when to use the UML object diagram

Sequence Diagrams

• Understand the Sequence diagram
• Comprehend the importance of the diagram

UML Statechart Diagrams

• Understand when and why it is important to model the states of objects

Implementation Models: Component Diagrams & Deployment diagrams

• Comprehending the implementation model
• Look at why it is important to model the deployment

UML Activity diagrams

• Understand the difference between Activity and State diagrams
• Learn about the components of the Activity diagram