A revision of a classic , ground-breaking, best-seller that set the standards for object-oriented modeling and design. Provides a proven software development process for using the most important concepts and notation of uml 2.0 includes iterative development with use cases, activity models, and sequence diagrams for a more robust process. One of the seminal professional tutorial/reference works that helped to set the standard practices for object-oriented design, modeling and implementation. Two of the leading authorities in the field, mike blaha, and jim rumbaugh, have thoroughly revised the book to provide a quintessential reference to uml 2.0 and its application for practical, usable state of the art object-oriented strategies in the design and implementation of complex object-oriented software systems.in a sense, jim rumbaugh and mike blaha are two of the founding fathers of uml. They invented uml, the basis for uml, along with booch notation. Their first edition was crucial to the development and adoption of object-oriented methods when they were in their infancy. Blaha is a worldwide consultant and is a partner with modelsoft consulting, and sentientpoint corporation. He is active in the ieee computer society. Rumbaugh is a distinguished engineer with the rational brand of ibm and is one of the original co-designers of uml. He is a highly influential author. - from Amzon