UML - Unified Modeling Language

Posted under » Methodology on 02 November 2012

Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a general-purpose modeling language. The main aim of UML is to define a standard way to visualize the way a system has been designed. It is quite similar to blueprints used in other fields of engineering. UML is not a programming language, it is rather a visual language.

Use Cases

• Title : What is the goal? eg. Create new page
• Actor : who desires it? eg. User or Administrator or even another server
• Scenario : how is it accomplished? A paragrah
  eg. Customer reviews items in cart. Customer provides shipping info. etc.
  extention : describe steps for out-of-stock situation
  precondition : customer has added at least one item on cart