Fundamentals of Rational Rose Instructor Notes

Instructor Notes:

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Instructor Notes: Introductions

Š Your organization
Š Your role
Š Your background,
experience
Š Course expectations

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Instructor Notes: Logistics

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Instructor Notes: Audience

Š Analysts, developers, and project managers

who understand the value of modeling to
ƒ Improve communications among team
members through the use of a standard
language (UML).
ƒ Expose software development problems early.
ƒ Manage software complexity.

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Instructor Notes: Prerequisites

Š Basic UML knowledge

Š Basic understanding of object-oriented
analysis and design concepts

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Instructor Notes: Rational University Curriculum

Fundamentals of Visual Modeling

Object-Oriented Rose
Analysis Fundamentals

Object-Oriented Database
Design Design with Rose

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Rational University offers a professional development course for

each software development team role, as indicated by the above
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Instructor Notes: Course Objectives

Š After completing this course, you will

ƒ Be able to explain the value of visual modeling.
ƒ Have a basic level of tool competence
through practical hands-on use.
ƒ Have seen how round-trip engineering works in
Rational Rose.

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Instructor Notes: Course Organization

Š Module 1: Visual Modeling and the UML
Time: 30 minutes
ƒ Introduces both visual modeling and the UML.
Š Module 2: Rose Modeling Basics
Time: 30 minutes
ƒ Introduces the Rational Rose interface and
basic features.
Š Module 3: Using Rose in a Team
Time: 45 minutes
ƒ Introduces features in Rational Rose that
facilitates developing in a team.

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Š Module 4: The Use-Case Model
Time: 90 minutes
ƒ Defines the use-case model and its elements.
Š Module 5: Use-Case Realization Structure
Time: 30 minutes
ƒ Defines the elements of the use-case
realization structure.

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Š Module 6: Interaction Diagrams
Time: 90 minutes
ƒ Begins with a discussion on classes, followed
by both types of interaction diagrams–sequence
and collaboration.
Š Module 7: Class Diagrams
Time: 60 minutes
ƒ Discusses the final piece of the use-case
realization structure, the class diagram.

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Š Module 8: Introduction to Round-Trip
Engineering
Time: 30 minutes
ƒ Introduces round-trip engineering followed by a
brief demonstration.

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Instructor Notes: Course Materials

Š Student Manual
Š Student Workbook
Š Student Lab CD

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Instructor Notes: Other Sources of Information

Š Rational Web Site
ƒ www.rational.com
Š Rational University Courses
ƒ www.rational.com/university/
Š Rational’s UML Resource Center
ƒ www.rational.com/uml/index.jtmpl
Š Rational’s Technical Support Page
ƒ www.rational.com/support/index.jsp

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