A practical follow-up

Okay. I became interested in the lightweight Iconix process after a series of 5 articles in Software Development magazine, so I went out and bought the first book "Use case driven object modeling with UML - a practical approach".

I design community based web portal applications. Our applications are medium-sized, but complex. So RUP is too big, and XP is too small. The Iconix process presented here is about right for most of our applications, and to satisfy client expectations for design.

The first book is more theoretical. This one has better, more complete, illustrative examples. There is some repetition between the two, but no pages are taken up by code. Like the first book, it is easy to read.

If you work in web development, read Conallen's "Building web applications with UML" also. The books complement each other well. (See my review)

Other Reviews

• Useful but not what it implies
• An expense that can be justified.
• Pricey for what it provides
• A practical follow-up
• Learn object modeling by example with solution