UML tutorial 2: Design (Using IBM Rational)

TAU Tutorial

Using TAU to specify a coffee machine (based on IBM Rational TAU tutorial).

The tutorial include 2 parts:

Tutorial Part I (analysis):

• Starting: use case (identification of actors and use cases)
• Describing use cases: general sequence diagram for making coffee
• Identifying systems, subsystems and internal components: class diagram
• Describing better interactions (use cases): detailed sequence diagrams
• The tutorial is available from the main page

Tutorial Part II (design)

• And how do classes communicate (interfaces)?: component diagrams
• And how are the classes composed/connected internally (parts)?: composite structure diagrams
• And what do classes do (behavior for active classes)?: Statechart diagrams
• Finally, generating code for simulation from the UML model : evaluating scenarios/detecting erros
• see the tutorial

TAU installation

• download TAU 4.3
• After downloading TAU, you need to rename it to .exe, connect to the INSA vpn, start the TAU installation and indicate the license server: 19353@srv-gei-ens1.insa-toulouse.fr
• More information about IBM Rational TAU

Other UML tools

• StarUML
• Topcased
• Umbrello
• IBM Rational
• More from wikipedia