Object-Oriented Analysis and Design Using UML (OO-226)

Who Can Benefit

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Prerequisites

• Understand object-oriented concepts and methodology
• Demonstrate a general understanding of programming, preferably using the Java programming language
• Understand the fundamentals of the systems development process

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Skills Gained

• Describe the object-oriented software development process, including object-oriented methodologies and workflows.
• Gather system requirements through interviews with stakeholders.
• Analyze system requirements to determine the use cases and domain model of the problem domain (the Requirements model).
• Create a system architecture (the Architecture model) supporting the nonfunctional requirements (NFRs) and development constraints.
• Create a system design (the Solution model) supporting the functional requirements (FRs).

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Related Courses

Before:

• Java Technology for Structured Programmers (SL-265)
• Java Programming Language (SL-275)

After:

• Java Programming Language Workshop (SL-285)
• Developing Architectures for Enterprise Java Applications (SL-425)
• Java EE Patterns (SL-500)

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Course Content

Module 1 - Introducing the Software Development Process

• Describe the Object-Oriented Software Development (OOSD) process
• Describe how modeling supports the OOSD process
• Explain the purpose, activities, and artifacts of the following OOSD workflows: Requirements Gathering, Requirements Analysis, Architecture, Design, Implementation, Testing, and Deployment

Module 2 - Examining Object-Oriented Technology

• Describe how OO principles affect the software development process
• Describe the fundamental OO principles

Module 3 - Choosing an Object-Oriented Methodology

• Explain the best practices for OOSD methodologies
• Describe the features of several common methodologies
• Choose a methodology that best suits your project

Module 4 - Determining the Project Vision

• Interview business owners to determine functional requirements of the software system
• Analyze interview results to identify NFRs, risks, and constraints
• Create a project Vision document from the results of the interviews and risk analysis

Module 5 - Gathering the System Requirements

• Plan for the process of gathering requirements
• Plan for the stakeholder interviews to validate and refine the FRs and NFRs from the Vision document
• Document the system in the System Requirements Specification (SRS) from all requirements sources,/li>

Module 6 - Creating the Initial Use Case Diagram

• Identify and describe the essential elements in a UML Use Case diagram
• Develop a Use Case diagram for a software system based on the SRS
• Record Use Case scenarios for architecturally significant Use Cases

Module 7 - Refining the Use Case Diagram

• Document a Use Case and its scenarios in a Use Case form
• Recognize and document Use Case and Actor inheritance
• Recognize and document Use Case dependencies
• Identify the essential elements in an Activity diagram
• Validate a Use Case with an Activity diagram

Module 8 - Determining the Key Abstractions

• Identify a set of candidate key abstractions
• Identify the key abstractions using CRC analysis

Module 9 - Constructing the Problem Domain Model

• Identify the essential elements in a UML Class diagram
• Construct a Domain model using a Class diagram
• Identify the essential elements in a UML Object diagram
• Validate the Domain model with one or more Object diagrams

Module 10 - Creating the Analysis Model Using Robustness Analysis

• Explain the purpose and elements of the Design model
• Identify the essential elements of a UML Collaboration diagram
• Create a Design model for a use case using Robustness analysis
• Identify the essential elements of a UML Sequence diagram
• Generate a Sequence diagram view of the Design model

Module 11 - Introducing Fundamental Architecture Concepts

• Justify the need for the architect role
• Distinguish between architecture and design
• Describe the SunTone Architecture Methodology

Module 12 - Exploring the Architecture Workflow

• Describe the Architecture workflow
• Describe the diagrams of the key architecture views
• Select the Architecture type
• Create the Architecture workflow artifacts

Module 13 - Creating the Architectural Model for the Client and Presentation

• Explore user interfaces
• Document a graphical user interface (GUI) application in the Client tier of the Architecture model
• Document a web user interface (Web UI) application in the Presentation tier of the Architecture model

Module 14 - Creating the Architectural Model for the Business Tier

• Explore distributed object-oriented computing
• Document the Business tier in the Architecture model

Module 15 - Creating the Architectural Model for the Resource and Integration Tiers

• Document the persistence mechanism in the Resource tier of the Architecture model
• Document the persistence integration mechanism in the Integration tier of the Architecture model

Module 16 - Creating the Solution Model

• Create a Solution model for a GUI application
• Create a Solution model for a Web UI application

Module 17 - Refining the Domain Model

• Refine the attributes of the Domain model
• Refine the relationships of the Domain model
• Refine the methods of the Domain model
• Declare the constructors of the Domain model

Module 18 - Applying Design Patterns to the Solution Model

• Define the essential elements of a software pattern
• Describe the Composite pattern
• Describe the Strategy pattern
• Describe the Observer pattern
• Describe the Abstract Factory pattern

Module 19 - Modeling Complex Object State Using Statechart Diagrams

• Model object state
• Describe techniques for programming complex object state

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