OOAD

This four-day program covers the concepts and best practices of software development using object-oriented analysis and design. It includes an overview of the software development life cycle, a detailed coverage of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) version 2.0, and case studies to understand and apply the practices of analysis and design with the object technology.

Program Objectives:

Some of the key topics covered in the program include:

An overview of the OO concepts
Understanding the development life cycle
Understanding the role of UML in the development life cycle
Principles and practices of object-oriented analysis
Principles and practices of object-oriented design
Introduction of design patterns

Audience:

This program is intended for experienced software professionals who are involved in systems design, or are currently working as developers but are preparing themselves for / being groomed for playing the role of designers.

The participants are expected to fulfill the following prerequisites:

At least one year of programming experience
Programming experience in any object-oriented programming language (e.g., Java, C++, VB.NET, C#, Delphi) for at least six months
Basic understanding of the OO concepts, such as classes, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, etc

Course Contents:

Overview of Key Concepts

Objects and classes
Abstraction, encapsulation and interface
Iterative software development
Introduction to UML

Requirements Management

Actors and use cases
Use case diagrams
Use case specifications

Domain Modeling

Activity diagrams
Identifying conceptual classes
Class diagrams
Association and aggregation relationships
Association classes
Generalization relationships

State Modeling

Understanding the states of an object
State machine diagrams
Nested states

Identifying Classes and Responsibilities

Types of classes: Entity, Boundary, Data Store, Controller classes
Segregation of responsibilities

Use Case Realization

Distributing use case behavior to objects
Sequence diagrams
Communication diagrams
Interaction frames

Class Design

Basics of class design
Designing attributes
Designing operations

Designing Classes for Object Relationships

Representing associations relationships in class structures
Navigability requirements
Qualified associations
Representation of association classes
Law of Demeter
Composition relationships
Dependency relationships
Object diagrams

Designing Classes for Class Relationships

Generalization relationships
Polymorphism
Abstract classes and interfaces

Inheritance and Delegation

Delegation for multiple behavior reuse
The Liskov Substitution Principle
Programming to an interface
The fragile derived class
When not to use inheritance

Overview of Design Patterns

Introduction to design patterns
The Adapter design pattern

Data Store Classes

Mapping class structures to table structures
Designing data store classes
Implementing data store classes
Trade-offs in O-R mappings
The Proxy design pattern

Other Diagrams in UML

Component diagrams
Deployment diagrams
Package diagrams
Composite Structure diagrams
Timing diagrams
Interaction Overview diagrams