UML with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect for Beginners

The UML with Enterprise Architect for Beginners course is designed to be an introduction to Enterprise Architect; it is aimed at people who want to quickly gain a proficiency in the use of UML and Enterprise Architect and who have no prior experience in either.

Course Details

Duration: 2 Days

Prerequisites: None

Course Outline

• Introduction to UML:
• Modelling purpose and concepts
• UML Fundamentals
• UML Diagram types
• Use of UML within the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Guidelines for the use of UML

• Introduction to Enterprise Architect:
• Describe the main features of Enterprise Architect and its editions
• Describe The concept of repositories in Enterprise Architect
• Working with repositories
• Structure of repositories
• Provide an overview of version control with Enterprise Architect

• The Use Case Diagram:
• When and why to use the Use Case Diagram
• The concept of Use Case Analysis
• The elements and connectors that are used on a Use Case Diagram
• How to model behaviour on a Use Case Diagram
• How to use abstraction with Use Case Diagrams
• Guidelines for Use Case Diagrams

• The Activity Diagram:
• Illustrate when and why to use the Activity Diagram
• Introduce the UML notation for Activity Diagrams
• Describe how to model;
• Activities, including structured activities
• Process flow within an Activity
• The passing of control and passing of data
• Conditional and concurrent flows
• Iterative processes and interruptible processes
• Describe how to process flows for Use Case include and extend

• The Class Diagram:
• What is a Class Diagram?
• Uses of a UML Class Diagram
• What are Classes and Objects?
• The UML representation of a Class
• Data Types
• Attributes
• Operations
• Encapsulation and Visibility
• Static Attributes
• Relationships
• Association Class
• Modelling Uniqueness
• Types of Classes
• Stereotypes
• Interface

• The State Machine Diagram:
• What is a State Machine Diagram?
• Where are State Machine Diagrams used?
• Types of State Machine Diagrams
• The Concept of States
• States
• Transitions
• Initial Pseudostate
• Terminate Pseudostate
• Final Pseudostate
• Entry and Exit Point Pseudostates
• Choice Pseudostate
• Junction Pseudostate
• Parallel Sub-states
• Shallow and Deep History Pseudostates
• Examples

• The Sequence Diagram:
• What is a UML Sequence Diagram?
• Lifelines
• Messages
• Activations
• Constraints
• Combined Fragments
• Using Abstraction with Sequence Diagrams
• Diagram Gates

• The Component Diagram:
• What is a Component Diagram?
• What is a Component?
• Interfaces
• Relationships between Components
• Exposing the interface details
• Nested Components

• The Deployment Diagram:
• What is a Deployment Diagram?
• Use of a UML Deployment Diagram
• UML Notation