The award-winning first edition of UML Distilled was widely praised for being a concise guide to the core parts of the UML and has proved extremely successful in helping developers identify the most important parts of the language. UML Distilled, Second Edition, maintains the concise format with significantly updated coverage of use cases and activity diagrams, and expanded coverage of collaborations. It also includes a new appendix detailing the changes between UML versions. Beginning with a summary of UML's history, development, and rationale the book moves into a discussion of how the UML can be integrated into the object-oriented development process. The primary author profiles the various modeling techniques in the UML--such as use cases, class diagrams, and interaction diagrams--and describes the notation and semantics clearly and succinctly. He also outlines useful non-UML techniques such as CRC cards and patterns.
Martin Fowler is a pioneer in the application of object technology to business information systems. For the past twelve years, he has consulted in the area of object technology with such companies as Citibank, Chrysler Corporation, IBM, Andersen Consulting, and Sterling Software. He is the author of the acclaimed Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Models. His latest book, Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code, is a guide written for the professional programmer interested in improving the internal design of existing code. Kendall Scott is a technical writer who specializes in writing about financial and accounting applications. He is the principal of Software Documentation Wizards. He is also the co-author (with Doug Rosenberg) of Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML: A Practical Approach, which outlines an efficient, proven, and streamlined approach to software development.