Chapter 1. Introduction to Visual Modeling

• The Triangle for Success

• The Role of Notation

• History of the UML

• The Role of Process

• What Is Iterative and Incremental Development?

• The Rational Unified Process

• Rational Software Architect

• Summary

Visual modeling is a way of thinking about problems using models organized around real-world ideas. Models are useful for understanding problems, communicating with everyone involved with the project (customers, domain experts, analysts, designers, etc.), modeling enterprises, preparing documentation, and designing programs and databases. Modeling promotes better understanding of requirements, cleaner designs, and more maintainable systems.

Models are abstractions that portray the essentials ...

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