architect enterprise components and frameworks

TriReme director Dr Alan Wills is author of best selling book on frameworks ('Objects, Components, and Frameworks with UML. The Catalysis™ Approach'). His ideas have been successfully used by many companies. They can also show how to refactor your existing systems to make use of this powerful technology.

Duration: 5 days

target audience

The course is suitable for software architects or designer familiar with UML.

Requirements and component specification

This section deals with the specification of requirements of a software component, application, or complete system.

system context models
high-level operation specs
state charts for system models
meaning of 'model'
how to start abstract and get more detailed
event charts: horizontal and vertical expansion
elaborating models
relating the levels of detail
building a system spec
system context
defining system use-case goals
modelling patterns

Component design

This section covers the key design stages: assign responsibilities and collaborations, decouple roles and components.

separating core from GUI, persistence, and other layers
selection of control objects
designing system operations with messages
decoupling, extensibility, reusability
dependencies and visibilities
the class dictionary
translation to code)

Design patterns

In this section, the usefulness of design patterns as a way of thinking about and describing designs is investigated. Several patterns are discussed, and then a problem is presented which participants model and then sketch a solution for, using the patterns.

Two-way Link
Observer
Recursive Composite
State Delegation
Interface Decoupling)

Domain coupling

The linkage of the 'core(s)' to presentation, persistence, and other layers.

GUI
MVC and reification of use-cases in UI objects
persistence: proxy and building atop object and relational DBs
networks: layering)

Frameworks

Partial models (views) as reusable artefacts.

generalization of two example static models
collaborations: generic designs for interactions
roles
synthesis of collaborations)

Reuse and adaptability

Reuse does not come automatically, and requires not only appropriate technology, but also management and motivation at the corporate level.

management and economics of reuse
component repositories
what's in the repository
components, frameworks, patterns, and plans)

Component technology

pluggable code and connector protocols
component kits and building tools
component architecture
common models
common couplings
wrapping existing assets
product vs component building)

Enterprise components

architectures

Please note, when taught at your site, this course is customizable; modules can be adapted, removed, added from other courses, or even created.

timetable

Day 1	tequirements and component specification component design design patterns domain coupling
Day 2	frameworks reuse and adaptability component technology enterprise components

course instructor

The course is presented by one of our senior consultants, each of whom has at least ten years' experience in software development, and at least three years' experience as a trainer and consultant in a diverse range of application areas.