Download: uml_introduction_course_outline.pdf

• UML Course Intro.
• UML Course References
• UML Course Student Survey
• UML Tool Intro.
• UML Notation Intro
• UML Diagrams Intro

Download: blawler-uml-02b-classescompartments.pdf (~85k)

A distinctive part of the Freddie Mac case was their well-organized and well-developed skill development paths.  These not only invested in series of course for employees but used coordinated sets of training and work assignments to help employees develop new skills.  The company also used ‘boot camp’ skills development programs to help employees get immersed in new technologies and learn related skills needed for their new jobs.  Beyond the financial commitment, management was actively involved with project leaders assigned the responsiblity of delivering cohorts of re-trained employees as well as new functionality in new technologies.

I have some links saved on the Freddie Mac case study stored on del.icio.us - see http://delicious.com/brianlawler/FreddieMac

One of the distinctive aspects of this case study was the emphasis Certoma and Bishop put on recruiting and developing a cadre of experienced and skilled IT professionals within the enterprise as a key to the success of SOA adoption in the enterprise.

I have some links saved on the Wachovia SOA case study stored on del.icio.us - see http://delicious.com/brianlawler/soa+wachovia.

See http://blogs.jhu.edu/blawler/resume/

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To really understand the topic, suggest a look at one or more of “Unified Modeling Language User Guide”(2nd edition, by Booch et al), the “UML Toolkit” book published by OMG, or Booch’s “Object Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications” (3rd edition, see my review). All of these are good. The UML User Guide is my personal favorite with regard to notation but Booch’s OOAD is better about aspects of the technique.

I have general reviews (not just about state diagrams and analysis) on Amazon.com - see here.

To get to some of the finer points, “Real-Time UML”by Douglas has some additional material.

For some background on OOAD or UML and state diagrams, you might read “Object-Oriented Analysis and Design” by Rumbaugh et al. There are also some interesting parts in Jacobson’s “Object Oriented Software Engineering”.However, be forewarned that neither uses UML. Still, there are some interesting ideas here and the leap from the notation they use to modern UML isn’t impossible.

A lot of modern UML state diagrams and the underlying techniques comes from David Harel’s work (see PDF). However, for most software development applications, the learning curve on that work might be prohibitively difficult.

I also have a website at brianlawler.org. I put less and less of my content into traditional websites but this site is a jumping off point to the rest of my presence in the web universe.

Some of the other sites I use include brianlawler.smugmug.com for my photos and del.icio.us/brianlawler for my links.  For social networks, I mostly use Facebook for home/social stuff and LinkedIn for colleagues.

- Brian