Chapter’5 = Exercises 143 |= Structural models show the organization and architecture ofa system. Class diagrams are used to define the static structure of classes in a system and their associations. | Behavioral models are used to describe the dynamic behavior of an executing system. This ‘can be modeled from the perspective of the data processed by the system or by the events that stimulate responses from a system. = Activity diagrams may be used to model the processing of data, where each activity, represents one process step, | State diagrams are used to model a system's behavior in response to internal or external events. | Model-driven engineering is an approach to software development in which a system is represented as a set of models that can be automatically transformed to executable code, FURTHER READING Requirements Analysis and System Design. This book focuses on information systems analysis and discusses how different UML madels can be used in the analysis process. (L, Maciaszek, Addison-Wesley, 2001) [MDA Distilled: Principles of Model-driven Architecture This is a concise and accessible introduction to the MDA method. Its written by enthusiasts so the book says very little about possible problems with this approach. (S. ). Mello, K. Scott and D. Weise, Addison-Wesley, 2004.) Using UML: Software Engineering with Objects and Components, 2nd ed. Ashort, readable introduction to the use of the UMLin system specification and design. This book's excellent for learning and understanding the UML, although itis nota full description of the nota (Stevens with R. Pooley, Addison-Wesley, 2006,) EXERCISES 5.1. Explain why itis important to model the context of a system that is being developed. Give two examples of possible errors that could arse if software engineers do not understand the system context. 5.2. How might you use a model of a system that already exists? Explain why itis not always necessary for such a system model to be complete and correct, Would the same be true if ‘you were developing a model of anew system?