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Uml Process / Re: Object, class in a class diagram
« on: April 16, 2003, 06:36:39 pm »
I use object diagrams when I work with users. I have found over many years that the average person has great difficulty working with an abstract concept such as a "class".
Rather than Human, Man, Woman etc I use Fred, Bill, Mary... when I am working on a white board with users. I then convert these into Classes "behind the scenes".
Naturally we normally work with much more difficult concepts than the above. And that is where this approach has real benefits.
I also use object links liberally to help identify associations. Even the people who get the idea of classes usually stumble over associations.
PhilR
Rather than Human, Man, Woman etc I use Fred, Bill, Mary... when I am working on a white board with users. I then convert these into Classes "behind the scenes".
Naturally we normally work with much more difficult concepts than the above. And that is where this approach has real benefits.
I also use object links liberally to help identify associations. Even the people who get the idea of classes usually stumble over associations.
PhilR