1. ® IBM Software Group © 2009 IBM Corporation Essentials of Modeling with IBM Rational Software Architect V7.5 Module 0: About This Course

2. 2 Introductions  Your organization  Your role  Your background and experience  Software development experience  Object technology experience  Course expectations

3. 3 Intended audience  This course is for software developers who use the Unified Modeling Language (UML) for visual modeling  This course does not teach a modeling method  This course focuses on using:  IBM ® Rational ® Software Architect for WebSphere Software  IBM ® Rational ® Software Architect Standard Edition  IBM ® Rational ® Software Modeler

4. 4 Prerequisites  This course assumes that you:  Have experience architecting and designing IT solutions  Have taken the following courses, or have equivalent experience:  DEV275: Essentials of Visual Modeling with UML 2.0 (ILT) or the DEV110: Principles of Modeling with UML 2.0 (WBT)  DEV475: Mastering Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with UML 2.0 (ILT) or the DEV111-113 and 160 Principles of... with UML 2.0 (WBT) series

5. 5 Course goals and objectives  After completing this course, you will be able to perform the following tasks with IBM ® Rational ® Software Architect:  Navigate the user interface and create perspectives  Create new UML projects  Create structural and behavioral UML diagrams  Create traceability to IBM ® Rational ® RequisitePro ® and IBM ® WebSphere ® Business Modeler

6. 6 Course agenda  Module 0: About This Course  Module 1: Getting Started with Rational Software Architect  Module 2: Creating UML Models  Module 3: Creating UML Diagrams  Module 4: Use-case Diagrams  Module 5: Activity Diagrams  Module 6: Class Diagrams  Module 7: Interaction Diagrams  Module 8: Composite Structure Diagrams  Module 9: Component Diagrams  Module 10: Deployment Diagrams  Module 11: State Diagrams  Module 12: Traceability to Requirements  Module 13: Traceability to Business Process Models  Module 14: Summary

7. 7 Logistics Morning Two 15-minute breaks Lunch One Hour Afternoon Two 15-minute breaks

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