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Title: Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML : A Practical Approach by Doug Rosenberg, Kendall Scott ISBN: 0-201-43289-7 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 15 March, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.76 (25 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Heresy! This is ICONIX, a compact method borrowing UML
Comment: This is the eighth software engineering title that uses the UML (Unified Modeling Language) that I have read in the last five months as I work to establish a software engineering guide and reference framework for a small team at my technology company. This book really sets forth the ICONIX methodology, the author's streamlined approach to modeling using mostly, but not only, UML.
Because of the author's quarrelsome nature and unusual departures from common progressions in the model views, I found this book less useful than the others. The author repeatedly explains (with a careful record of the dates) how much of his integration of the competing OO modeling methods preceded the work of the UML founders (Booch, Jacobson, and Rumbaugh) and frequently raises the small quarrels in the UML world for no purpose except to give a quick and unsupported opinion. Not surprisingly, ten of the twenty-five citations in the bibliography are the author's prior papers.
Although the title claims the method is "use case driven," techniques and guidelines for use cases are poorly done; and the author suggests that the requirements stage should begin with domain modeling and "robustness diagrams" before text for use cases is written. The author also places heavy emphasis on screen mockups during the requirements stage.
The contents would make a good lecture or two; but it is an annoying departure from the efforts of many to extend and enrich UML. Since the book is only 165 pages, it won't hurt for long, and there are thoughts here and there worth reading. Perhaps it's tongue-in-cheek, a test to see if we can spot obvious logical problems with the method.
Rating: 4
Summary: Strong Introduction to OOAD Methodology
Comment: As I was learning OOAD concept and techniques, and the UML, the one thing I found lacking in most materials was application. There are a lot of great books on what OO is, with guidelines on good design, and great examples of diagrams you can create. None of them that I've read, with the exception of this work, has provided any look at how to put the pieces together in a sane fashion. Rosenberg succeeds admirably at this goal.
Contrary to what some reviewers seem to think, this isn't a book about the UML, and I don't believe it tries to be a definitive reference on methodology, either. Rather, Rosenberg presents (with a clear disclaimer) his perspective and method for performing OOAD; I find it a valuable one, at that.
If you're just getting started with OO and/or the UML, and want a good overview of how the pieces fit together, read this. I'd recommend it to all other comers, as well, unless you think reviewing an additional perspective (from a successful, well-regarded individual) isn't valuable.
Rating: 1
Summary: Ditto this NOT being Unified Process
Comment: I had to read this book for a class I took. Here is my interpretation of the purpose of this book:
"I think the world should have used my ICONIX process! This UML stuff is inferior. I hate UML, but I will use it to sell my book."
Fortunately, the class also used Martin Fowler's great UML Distilled book. If you want to know about UML, get that one instead!
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Title: Applying Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML: An Annotated e-Commerce Example by Doug Rosenberg, Kendall Scott ISBN: 0201730391 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 14 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: The Unified Modeling Language User Guide by Grady Booch, James Rumbaugh, Ivar Jacobson ISBN: 0201571684 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 30 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $54.99 |
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Title: UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language, Third Edition by Martin Fowler ISBN: 0321193687 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 19 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: Writing Effective Use Cases by Alistair Cockburn ISBN: 0201702258 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 15 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Use Case Modeling by Kurt Bittner, Ian Spence ISBN: 0201709139 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 20 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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