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UML Review

Input and output of different stages in software development:

StageInputsOutputs
Requirement AnalysisStackeholders, goals, existing bussiness processesBusiness models, use case models, prototypes
Systems
Analysis
 Business models, use case models, prototypes Use case definitions, object model, prototypes
Design Use case definitions, object model, prototypes Object model, data model, component model, architectural view, interface specifications
Implementation Object model, data model, component model, architectural view, interface
specifications
Source code, complied code, database, interfaces, deployment plan
Testing Business models, use case models, use case definitionsFault report, acceptance

Activity diagrams are used to describe flows in a variety of situations, they are flow diagrams and can be used in business modelling, requirements modelling, systems analysis and design.

Use case diagrams are used to show the presentation of functionality of a system and its interaction with the outside world. The diagrams show the boundaries of software systems but do not specify functionalities. They can be used in business modelling and requirements modelling.

Class diagrams show the static structure of a system, with classes and relationships between classes. They are used in business modelling, requirements modelling, systems analysis and design.

Statechart diagrams are used for modelling the internal state changes of and object and are a variant of activity diagrams with largely the same notation. They are used in business modelling, requirements modelling, systems analysis and design.

Sequence diagrams provide a time-ordered mapping of steps in the execution of a scenario into interactions between objects. They are one of the primary tools ofr elaborating use cases in analysis and design. They are used in systems analysis and design.

Collaboration diagrams provide a mapping of steps in the execution of a scenario into interactions between objects, drawn in two dimension in a similar way to class diagrams. They are used for similar purposes to sequence diagrams, but present the information in a different way.

Component diagrams show the implementation structure of the application and are used by the designer to indicate where the objects are implemented and how the components interact.

Reference: Ken Lunn, Software Development with UML, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2003, pp362-376

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