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Article: UML Models e-business.(Technology Information)
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- Software Magazine
- Article date:
- April 1, 2001
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EVERY DAY, IN HUNDREDS OF THE LARGEST companies worldwide, software developers use tools like Rational Software's Rose, Computer Associates' Paradigm Plus, and Microsoft's Visual Modeler to plan and design software applications. In all these cases, the developers use the Unified Modeling Language (UML) to create virtual models for the software systems they plan to build.
Companies model complex software applications for the same reason they hire architects to design buildings before actually having them built. In the long run, a detailed blueprint saves time and money. It allows developers to consider alternatives, select the best option, work out details, and ...