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UML 2.0 Use Case Diagrams – level of detail

Posted on March 27th, 2012 · Posted in UML Today

“Hey, why don’t we go to The Smiling Chef after work?” As much as I love the get-togethers with my girlfriends, they aren’t without obstacles. Like trying to dodge The Smiling Chef or any other restaurant where you are charged an arm and a leg for a nicely roasted thigh. Squab’s thigh...
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UML 2.0 Use Case Diagrams – introduction

Posted on March 6th, 2012 · Posted in UML Today
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This week, at Amir’s request, Angela talks about what-ifs, scenarios and how a Use Case Diagram can show these.

UML 2.0 Class diagrams – generalization

Posted on January 26th, 2012 · Posted in UML Today
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Manuel is back from his post-release-pre-Christmas vacation all tanned and refreshed and fired up to talk about UML again. In this post he’ll look at generalization, substitution and inheritance and will realize his genius.

What happened to Manuel… – loops in UML 2.0 Sequence Diagrams revisited

Posted on December 21st, 2011 · Posted in UML Today
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Over the last few weeks we’ve had a lot of readers, especially female, ask what happened to Manuel and whether he managed to meet his deadline. If you remember, we left him ordering pizza in preparation for a mid-week all-nighter.

UML 2.0 Sequence Diagrams – loops

Posted on December 5th, 2011 · Posted in UML Today
UML 2.0 Sequence Diagrams - loop introduction

When I was asked to write this post, an old story about loops came to mind… A few lines of dry theory first, though.

UML 2.0 Class Diagrams – relationships

Posted on November 21st, 2011 · Posted in UML Today

Manuel says hi. Manuel is slightly embarrassed by this post, so will try and keep it short.

Diagram Corner: (Kind of) binary search

Posted on November 14th, 2011 · Posted in UML Today

Remember the classic ‘Where’s the butter?’ dialogue between man and woman? Angela dives into it in an attempt to diagram the depths of the male and the female psyche…

UML 2.0 Class Diagrams – the anatomy of a class

Posted on October 31st, 2011 · Posted in UML Today
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In this post Manuel takes a look under the UML skirt of a class and how the structure of a class is represented.

UML 2.0 Class Diagrams – introduction

Posted on October 31st, 2011 · Posted in UML Today
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Hi there, Manuel again. From some of my previous ramblings you are already familiar with some of the individuals I have to work with and the dynamic among us. I intend to introduce you to them a bit more intimately through a series of posts on Class Diagrams. And I mean very intimately:..
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Messages in UML 2.0 Sequence Diagrams – “I’ll call you…”

Posted on October 24th, 2011 · Posted in UML Today

Last time we ended with my dilemma either to try and meet a killer deadline or to get sacked. Fibbs, the company’s salesman, managed to sell a software upgrade to an important client. Good job, except that we hadn’t even planned to do such an upgrade. What’s even better, a..
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