UML Question 1 - What is UML?
UML which stands for Unified Model Language is a developmental modelling language that allows the user to specify and visualise document models of software systems. UML comes in a large amount of tools that allow you to analyse your applications future requirements and develop a solution to achieve these requirements. The current version of Unified Modeling Language version contains thirteen different types of diagrams that can be separated into three categories: Structure Diagrams and Behaviour Diagrams and Interaction Diagrams.
Structural Diagrams contains six Diagrams types: Object Diagram, Component Diagram, Class Diagram, Composite Structure Diagram, Deployment Diagram, and a Package Diagram.
Behaviour
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Using UML for a system allows the developers to get a deeper understanding of the system they’re developing which can expose risks in the system allowing them to be fixed before release.
RUP
Question 3 - What is Rational’s Unified Process?
RUP which stands for Rational Unified Process is a methodology used for Object Orientated and Web enabled program development. The Rational Unified Process provides guidelines along with templates and examples for all stages of the system development. RUP provides companies with a way to structure the creation of its software. It does this by using four phases of development which are in this order: Inception Phase, Elaboration Phase, Construction Phase, and Transition Phase.
Question 4 - Describe each of the phases and workflows of RUP
Phases
Phases are used by analysts to develop systems in an iterative and incremental manner.
Rational Unified Process is made up of four
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The supporting workflow is to focus on the managerial aspects of the information systems development.
Project Management Workflow – Unlike the other phases the Project Management Workflow is active during all phases of RUP. The project management workflow covers activities such as risk identification and their management, time to complete each iteration of the project and tracking the overall progress of the system.
Configuration and Change Management Workflow – The configuration and change management workflows purpose is to keep up to date in the current state of the evolving system. It also keeps track of the project management information which includes details like the author, time, and location of each modification. This workflow takes place during the Construction and Transition phase.
Environment Workflow – When developing an information system, the various development teams will need to use different tools and processes. The purpose of the environment workflow is to address these needs by acquiring and installing the needed tools. The environment workflows can be used during all phases but is mostly involved with the Inception
UML Composite Structure Diagram is a type of Structure Diagrams that shows the internal structure of a class and the interactions of elements of the internal structure of the class.
Another way of successfully gathering information is by building a prototype or model of the system, so that users can test or get an idea of what the finished product will be like. With this they can determine issues, problems, or inconsistency with the system. Another important part of gathering information is organizing it so that it can be understood and put to proper use. I propose categorizing the requirements into functional requirements, operational requirements, technical requirements, and transitional requirements. The functional requirements define how the user thinks the system is functioning overall, the operational requirements define what background processes need to be executed in order for the system to work optimally over a period of time, the technical requirements define what technical issues that must be addressed in order to successfully implement the system, and the transitional requirements define the processes or steps needed to implement the system smoothly and successfully. ("Mind Tools", 2012).
This way the IT department can understand what the higher level and lower level employees need for system stability and a better graphical interface. Another plan of action would include the method of Systems Development Life Cycle or SDLC. The phases of this method are planning, analysis, system design, implementation and operation. First we must plan on what exactly we are trying to accomplish. We know we need to upgrade the Riordan Manufacturing system. Next we must analyze the system and look for problematic errors. A project proposal can be essential to launching a system analysis (Farah, 2013). These are things to keep in mind: understand the business situation or problem, understand the significance to the problem in the organization, think of alternate solutions, the use of computer information systems for solutions, find people interested in the solving the problem (Farah, 2013). This plan is used to decrease redundancies, errors, and increase security. Finding all the weak spots in the company will help in the improvement of integrating an updated efficiently functioning system. Feasibility is important to account for when upgrading the system. Integrating a CRM will help to work with customers and understand their needs and wants to benefit the company and the relationship with their customers. Designing the system will involve knowing what kind of software is needed to store and
The 2167A specification focuses on documentation rather than on a software engineer development process. If the organization that intends to meet the requirement that was on the documentation it need to employ some relatively confined process that befit the documentation requirement. This paper explores the use of process/workflow models to represent the software
The wolf-moose relationship will first be modeled using UML. The purpose and requirements of the conceptual model will be captured using UML via use case diagrams. Furthermore, a class diagram will be used to document the system components, and a state diagram will be used to capture the possible states of a wolf and moose. The state diagram may also be used as a building block for possible Markov Chain and Bayesian Net models. Sequence and Activity diagrams will also be generated to model the dynamic behavior of the predator-prey relationship. This model will be particularly useful for building a dynamic model.
The Enterprise workflow process starts at the status of “Enter”. This is a system status that is invisible to the user. The user is automatically advance to “New” for standard workflow or “Technical Analysis” for maintenance workflow. Under the “New” status the change request is imported from
I currently work as an administrator with the Brad H – Social Work Department which is responsible for the appropriate discharge planning of all of the mentally ill men and women housed throughout all New York City Correctional facilities. I have over 20 years of experience working in the Human Services field and the majority of my employment has been working with the mentally ill population. I enjoy working with this population; however, I would be open to working in the medical/health field if the opportunity presented itself. Otherwise, my goals as a social worker are to obtain my LCSW-R and become more marketable and knowledgeable of the various diagnostic symptoms and disorders.
Workflows are tools that manage personal, office, department or an entire organization's processes. A SharePoint workflow is an automated flowchart that takes a lot of the effort, guesswork, and arbitrariness out of your regular work processes and makes it simpler for you to streamline your tasks. It is most useful in automating existing conceptual or manual work processes of the company and reducing human dependence on enterprise as far as possible.
This is The 4+ 1 Model of a systems architecture in year 1995 the person name called Philippe question developed a model that lets architects break down and look at a system according to five different views and this called the 4 +1 model. When you’re trying to look at something a large and complex as an entire system architecture it’s useful to be able to break down the hole in two sets of related parts you can use the 4+1 model to understand the role that each kind of UML diagram plays in the model that you’re creating as a whole as follow-
Project methodology provides the Information Technology Services project teams with group of rules to manage projects. Methodology is a tool provider to make every one 's job easier, mainly who manages the project, which contains the description, steps and templates to various project activities that require delivering successful projects. Project Management Methodology is a factually defined sequence of logically related practices, methods and processes that determine how best to plan, develop and deliver a project throughout the continuous implementation process until the completion. It is a scientifically-proven that systematic and disciplined approach project execution, design and completion of project. A methodology provides a skeleton for describing every step in depth, so that a project manager will know what to do to deliver and implement the work according to the budget, schedule and client specification.
ERP software is designed to model and automate many of the basic processes of a company, from finance to the shop floor, with the goal of integrating
Our company needs a mission critical information technology system. We are going to develop a workflow system that will help in eradicating the bottlenecks we are experiencing in the current paper based system. The system is important to the business, as it will ensure integrated approval of hires, routing, approval of requests and expense reporting. To facilitate operations, we are going to have a single database for storage will be accessible from different locations (ITL Education Solutions, 2010).
UML is powerful modeling language by which we can develop many diagrams which are user ready.UML can be used in web and commercial applications etc.UML is used to visualize, construct and to make a note of the software systems. In the beginning it was only used for the object oriented documentation and it can be also applied in the visualization of certain systems for elements such as discrete components in a system and their interaction and user interaction. The UML contains many diagrams which are used to envision a system architecture. In UML the diagrams are divided into two types mainly1)Structural UML diagrams and 2)Behavioral UML diagrams .
* Requirements Modeling * Input * Process * Output * Either of the following two (2) or combined, whichever are applicable:Data and Process Modeling Context Diagram Data Flow Diagram Object ModelingUse Case DiagramClass DiagramSequence DiagramActivity Diagram * Design * Output and User-Interface Design * Forms * Reports * Data Design * Entity Relationship Diagram * Data Dictionary * System Architecture * Network Model * Network Topology * Security * Development * Software Specification * Hardware Specification * Deployment Diagram * Test Plan * Testing * System Testing * Implementation Plan * Project Implementation Checklist *
Though many people interchange system engineering models and software engineering life cycle models, they are defined as two different approaches to software development. System engineering is the technical and technical management process that results in delivered products and systems that exhibit the best balance of cost and performance. As the program progresses from one phase to the next one, so does the system engineering process. It deals with the overall management of engineering project during their life cycle. Its main focus is knowing what the clients and end users wants and needs are satisfied and developing just that all the way through the system’s entire life cycle. Whereas, on the other hand, software engineering focuses on the quality of the product or system, how cost effective it is, is it done within the time-constraints given, whether it is easy to maintain and enhance, and does it work as the requirements defined. Its main focus is on delivering a product that meets the requirement specifications. There are so many models to choose from, as it all depends on what the project needs and entails. Depending on the requirements, allows for the choice of what mode to use.