This training course for developers of object-oriented, real-time or embedded systems covers UML and ARTiSAN extended modeling techniques, and shows how they can be applied within the development process. Many object-oriented UML courses are for organizations developing client/server and RDBMS applications within the MIS sector, and do not address the very specific issues relating to real-time or embedded systems, such as timing, concurrency and distribution.

This course has been specifically designed to present a pragmatic method, based on the de facto object-oriented modeling technique – UML – for the development of high quality real-time/embedded systems. Examples, exercises and workshops are all based on realistic real-time examples.

Course Objectives

Provide an understanding of the principles of object technology.
Illustrate how extended UML modeling provides a sound basis for the design of high quality real-time/embedded systems.
Enable attendees to integrate object-oriented modeling techniques into projects in an incremental and effective manner.

Attendees Will Learn

Essential object-oriented concepts and terminology.
Object-oriented modeling techniques using UML.
Deficiencies in UML for real-time systems development and how these may be overcome.
How to apply object-oriented principles and techniques in the development of real-time systems.

Pre-requisites

Some understanding of real-time software development.

Who Should Attend

Real-time developers embarking on a project using object-oriented Analysis and Design for the first time.
Anyone involved in a real-time or embedded system development who needs to understand how best to apply UML based modeling techniques.

Duration

5 days

Attendees Receive

An annotated copy of all course presentation material.
All course exercises and solutions.
A certificate of attendance.

Course Format

Presentations and discussion are used to convey concepts, techiques and notation. Approximately 50% of the course involves practical application of the techniques. Attendees work in small groups to complete a number of worked examples, providing hands-on experience of applying the techniques and familiarity with the concepts. Use is made of ARTiSAN’s Real-time Studio to facilitate an understanding of developed designs and quickly aid in the completion of exercises. All the examples are based on real-world, real-time and embedded systems.

Related Courses

This course provides a useful background for the following courses:

Using Real-time Studio - Linking with Code
Using Real-time Studio - Customization

Course Outline

Introduction to Real-time Systems
Object-orientated and UML concepts.

Real-time Systems and object-orientation.

Modeling and process overview

Requirements Architecture
Define System Scope - the context diagram.

Document the System Usage - uses cases and system interation.

Document the System Modes - relating events and use cases.

Specify System Constraints - non-functional requirements.

Object Architecture
Objects - typical Real-time objects and how to identify them.

Object Interaction – how to define it from use cases and how to model it.

Association, Aggregation, Composition and Generalization – defining class relationships.

Object Dynamics - object lifecycle and behavior.

Software Architecture
Concurrent systems - the need for concurrency and how to develop a design strategy to cope with it.

Objects and tasks - the relationship between them.

Define Concurrency Model -tasks and inter task communication.

System Architecture
Architecture modeling – documenting the hardware topology to ensure a correct hardware/software mapping.

Mapping the Software Architecture to the System Architecture.

Real-time System Development Process
The problems with a 'waterfall' based development process.

The benefits of an incremental development process.

Capturing and validating requirements.

Initial object architecture design.

Defining and refining increments.

Design, build and test activity within an increment.

Increment acceptance and deployment.

System operation.