Foreword ix

Introduction xi

Acknowledgements xv

PART 1 FUNCTIONAL VIEW 1

1 Case study: automatic teller machine 3

1.1 Step 1 - Identifying the actors of the ATM 5

1.2 Step 2 - Identifying use cases 8

1.3 Step 3 - Creating use case diagrams 10

1.4 Step 4 - Textual description of use cases 14

1.5 Step 5 - Graphical description of use cases 20

1.6 Step 6 - Organising the use cases 26

2 Complementary exercises 37

2.1 Step 1 - Business modelling 53

2.2 Step 2 - Defining system requirements 57

Appendix A: Glossary & tips 65

PART 2 STATIC VIEW 71

3 Case study: flight booking system 73

3.1 75

3.2 Step 2 - Modelling sentences 6, 7 and 10 77

3.3 Step 3 - Modelling sentences 8 and 9 82

3.4 Step 4 - Modelling sentences 3, 4 and 5 86

3.5 Step 5 - Adding attributes, constraints and qualifiers 89

3.6 Step 6 - Using analysis patterns 94

3.7 Step 7 - Structuring into packages 98

3.8 Step 8 - Generalisation and re-use 105

4 Complementary exercises 113

Appendix B: Glossary & tips 149

Step 1- Modelling sentences 1 and 2

PART 3 DYNAMIC VIEW 157

5 Case study: coin-operated pay phone 159

5.1 Step 1 - Identifying the actors and use cases 161

5.2 Step 2 - Realising the system sequence diagram 164

5.3 Step 3 - Representing the dynamic context 166

5.4 Step 4 - In-depth description using a state diagram 168

6 Complementary exercises 185

Apendix C: Glossary & tips 207

PART 4 DESIGN 213

7 Case study: training request 215

7.1 Step 1 - Defining iterations 217

7.2 Step 2 - Defining the system architecture 219

7.3 Step 3 - Defining system operations (iteration 1) 224

7.4 Step 4 - Operation contracts (iteration 1) 225

7.5 Step 5 - Interaction diagrams (iteration 1) 228

7.6 Step 6 - Design class diagrams (iteration 1) 237

7.7 Step 7 - Defining the system operations (iteration 2) 245

7.8 Step 8 - Operation contracts (iteration 2) 247

7.9 Step 9 - Interaction diagrams (iteration 2) 250

7.10 Step 10 - Design class diagrams (iteration 2) 252

7.11 Step 11 - Back to architecture 253

7.12 Step 12 - Transition to Java code 254

7.13 Step 13 - Putting the application into action 262

8 Complementary exercises 267

Appendix D: Glossary & tips 283

Index 293