Overview of Major Activities

We limit our discussion in the book to some key activities. Each topic spans one or more chapters.

Chapter 6: Architecture

Chapter 6 introduces the notion of architecture and discusses some of the key concepts of architecture, such as decomposition, layering, and so on. These concepts are then applied and elaborated upon in the remaining chapters.

Chapter 7: Analyzing Customer Needs

Chapter 7 focuses on understanding what is required to be implemented. We start by capturing the requirements in the form of a use case model. This involves identification of actors and use cases and articulation of the requirements concisely in the form of sequence diagrams and activity diagrams.

Chapter 8: Creating the Design

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