http://5ise.quanxinquanyi.de/2009/09/27/uml-good-or-bad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uml-good-or-bad Andreas Graf's Software Engineering Blog Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:08:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://5ise.quanxinquanyi.de/2009/09/27/uml-good-or-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-658 jody Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:23:59 +0000 http://5ise.quanxinquanyi.de/?p=131#comment-658 I've been giving UML some thoughts recently as well. I agree with your comments and would also add that even the "20% essential UML". Drawing diagrams is a very good/creative way to define and solve problems however having a formalized language around that detracts from that purpose. How often do you look at a UML diagram and all you can see is a sea of square boxes with various components. Contrast that with a diagram that has color, different shapes and images. If you wanted to represent a facade why not draw a picture of a mask (implies that there is more behind it that we don't see), etc. I think UML has done the design community a huge disservice. I’ve been giving UML some thoughts recently as well. I agree with your comments and would also add that even the “20% essential UML”. Drawing diagrams is a very good/creative way to define and solve problems however having a formalized language around that detracts from that purpose. How often do you look at a UML diagram and all you can see is a sea of square boxes with various components. Contrast that with a diagram that has color, different shapes and images. If you wanted to represent a facade why not draw a picture of a mask (implies that there is more behind it that we don’t see), etc. I think UML has done the design community a huge disservice.

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