Software Rockstar » UML http://www.softwarerockstar.com Coaching and mentoring on a journey from a Developer to an IT Leader Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:18:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Which UML Models Are The Most Important? http://www.softwarerockstar.com/2006/07/which-uml-models-are-the-most-important/ http://www.softwarerockstar.com/2006/07/which-uml-models-are-the-most-important/#comments Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:20:00 +0000 SoftwareRockstar http://mharoon.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/which-uml-models-are-the-most-important/ Well, the answer depends on who you ask and what they are trying to model, but the following five models have proven to be essential to me on almost every project since I started using UML:

  1. Activity
  2. Use Case
  3. Class
  4. Component
  5. Deployment

Class models are obviously the most important ones since I can directly generate code from them. Others help me generate artifacts that I feel are essential for project documentation.

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