These diagrams include use cases, class diagrams and interaction, collaboration, and state, activity, and physical diagrams. For the second edition, material has been reworked for use cases and activity diagrams, plus there are many small tweaks throughout, including the latest UML v. This new edition lets you get acquainted with some of the best thinking about efficient object-oriented software design using UML in a convenient format that will be important for anyone who designs software professionally -. Richard Dragan Topics covered: UML basics, analysis and design, outline development (software development process), early, elaboration, managing risks, construction, transition, use case diagrams, class diagrams, interaction diagrams, collaborations, state diagrams, activity diagrams, physical diagrams, patterns, and refactoring basics.