Learn about the different types of UML diagrams, their purposes, and their pros and cons. Find out how to select the best UML diagram based on your software design goals and needs.

UML 2 interaction overview diagram, IOD for short, is a variant of UML activity diagrams where the nodes may be interaction diagrams. Introduced on the UML 2 version, this diagram gathers benefits ...

Unified Modeling Language (UML) plays a big role in software development, but also in non-software systems throughout many industries, as it’s a way to visually show the behavior and structure of a ...

Learn how to choose the right diagram type, follow the standard notation, use abstraction and decomposition, use clear names, add comments, and review your UML diagrams.

UML Sequence diagrams are interaction diagrams that detail how operations are carried out. As sequence diagrams can be used to capture the interaction between objects in the context of a collaboration ...

Changes made for architecture in UML 2.0 primarily involve the structural (class) model, while changes for scalability are best seen in the improved sequence diagrams.

UML offers 13 diagrams (there were 9 in version UML 1.X): Classes, Components, Object, Structure, Composite, Deployment, Package, Activity, Use Cases, States, Sequences, Interaction View, ...

UML communication diagrams, similar to sequence diagrams, are a type of interaction diagram that illustrates how objects communicate. Essentially, they build upon object diagrams by not only showing ...

In our third installment on UML we'll show you how to use sequence diagrams as a tool in your application development and an understanding of object interaction.