Using UML : Software Engineering With Objects and Components

Using UML is an introduction to the Unified Modeling Language for students learning about object- and component-based software design and development. It places UML in the context of the software engineering discipline as a whole, providing students with a practical understanding of good practice in software design and development. The authors present a broad view of the subject area, enabling students to see for themselves how different practices may be appropriate for different situations. The goal of the book is to encourage pragmatic and open-minded approach to real-life software engineering.

Dr Rob Pooley is Professor of Computer Science at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.

Dr. Perdita Stevens is a Lecturer/Research Fellow in Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh. She has recent industrial experience of OO development, mostly using Booch's method. In addition to her Edinburgh lecturing experience, she tutored the Open University course "Object-Oriented Software Technology" (based on Rumbaugh's OMT) for several years, gaining insight into how students learn to use a modelling language.