Born in 1994, UML is a technique for system specification in every phase. Created by Grady Booch, James Rumbaugh, and Ivar Jacobson, it covers all main aspects of previous designing methods. The first version of UML was released in 1997, and it has been successfully used in a number of different systems for different industries. (UNAM, n.d.)
Benefits of using UML:
- Improves development time
- Establishes concepts and executables
- Creates a modelling language used by humans and machines
- Improves support and control for project management
- High reuse and reduced costs
- Models systems using object oriented concepts
Types of UML diagrams
Types of UML diagrams with structure diagrams coming first and behavioral diagrams starting from position 8. Click on any diagram type to visit that specific diagram type’s description (Creately, 2012).
References:
http://creately.com/blog/diagrams/uml-diagram-types-examples/
http://profesores.fi-b.unam.mx/carlos/aydoo/uml.html