I haven't used VSAE/Viso yet. Generally speaking, an association is a static relationship between two classes. Associations show dependencies between classes, but not actions. Two primary types of Association are aggregation and composition.
Read through a book on modeling with UML, or browse the web. It will help immensely. Sorry I can't help you with the EA version of VS. I only have the Pro version now. No budget for EA until June 1 2003 :( -----Original Message----- From: Mathieu Rachlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 1:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Enterprise Architect - Visio Modelling Thanks Joe! With regards to VSAE/Visio, do you have any idea what the "Association Ends" are for on a "Communicate" link. (Which is what, I assume, one uses to link an actor to an action/use case.) In all of the Use Case diagrams I've seen, there are no names listed for the AE's... - Mat -----Original Message----- From: Myrick, Joe M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 2:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Enterprise Architect - Visio Modelling Yeah, I have about 3 other books on Use Cases and 4 or 5 on the rest of the Unified Process ;) The one I suggested is a condensed methodology that I've found useful. I wear all the hats. (Analyst, Designer, Developer, etc...) Anything by (Booch, Rumbaugh or Jacobsen) is good. They all have their specialty. Good luck. -----Original Message----- From: Mathieu Rachlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 1:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Enterprise Architect - Visio Modelling Before I go out and buy this book, does anyone have any objections and/or differing opinions? =) - Mat -----Original Message----- From: Myrick, Joe M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 1:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Enterprise Architect - Visio Modelling Also, check out: "Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML" ISBN: 0201432897 Joe... -----Original Message----- From: Steve Holak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 12:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Enterprise Architect - Visio Modelling Mathieu, Generally, Use Cases are a vehicle for a business analyst to capture the user interaction requirements of an application, and confirm with the user that they are all on the same page and that all the needs have been met. They're written in a language that a user can understand; they're the first part of the bridge spanning the gap between the user requirements and the actual code that implements the application. Here's some good refernences on the subject (and UML) that I leveraged for a presentation on Use Cases within our company: ? http://www.omg.org/ ? http://www.uml.org/ ? http://www.pols.co.uk/usecasezone/index.htm ? http://www.unantes.univ-nantes.fr/usecase/ ? http://www.zoo.co.uk/~z0001039/PracGuides/pg_use_cases.htm ? http://www.platinum.com/corp/uml/uml.htm Steve Holak Senior Software Architect Brokerage Concepts IS Dept. 610-491-4879 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mathieu Rachlin <mathieu_rachlin@MARKE To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TREND.COM> cc: Sent by: dotnet Subject: [DOTNET] Enterprise Architect - Visio Modelling discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED] P.COM> 04/30/2002 12:06 PM Please respond to dotnet discussion Hi everyone, This is actually my very first post. I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for keeping things so active in here. I find that even by just being an observer, I'm learning alot about .NET (vicariously however!). I installed VSEA today as well as Visio. I'm somewhat new to formal architectural diagrams but I believe that I understand the fundamentals quite well. Where I'm having some confusion is with regards to the transition between a "Use Case" and a "Static Structure". I've noticed that you can setup all sorts of things like operations and their arguments. You can even specify what their types should be. This leads me to believe that, based on a Use Case, one should be able to generate, to some capacity, a Static Structure. Is this true? Otherwise I don't understand the point behind drilling down to such detail in a Use Case... Thanks! - Mat You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. 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