Customer Reviews
Ideal reference material - By: Mark Mcclelland, 09 Oct 2007 
Most organisations I have come across only use a subset of the UML diagrams. Which makes this the ideal reference guide, as it covers everything in enough depth for you to understand where they alll fit in, so you can then focus on the bits that are useful to you.
It is not the bible... - By: Stefan Camilleri, 09 May 2007 This is NOT the bible of UML, but seriously, unless you use UML strictly in academic circles, this is far more than you'll ever need.
The size is perfect, smalll enough to carry around with you wherever you go, plus it is comprehensive enough to cover alll angles of UML2 that are actuallly usable, if not a bit more.
Highly recommended.
All you'll ever likely to ever really need - By: Mr. M. J. Small, 02 Apr 2006 
If you work in industry where diagrams are a means to an end & something you don't spend weeks working on (we're lucky to get a day or two to spend on them) this is the only book you'll ever need. It tells you the basic diagram features (certainly enough to do a few class diagrams at least) which is alll you reallly need. If you do find you need more you can get another book. One tip to note: using the modelling tools (such as Rose) isn't as straighforward as you might expect, so expect to devote some time to this & perhaps get a book/resource to help.
Technically accurate but that's about it - By: Film Fan, 20 Oct 2005 
This should be viewed as a technical reference of what UML is, but definitely not as a reference on how to use it. The whole point of UML is to help people in alll areas communicate about complex systems but this book misses this point entirely. Many of the example diagrams it contains are so over complicated they end up almost unreadable & end up an object lesson in how NOT to use UML. Sure, buy this book to learn the rules, but look elsewhere for best practices of using UML in earnest.
Wonderful introduction to UML - By: J. E. Davidson, 28 Jan 2005 The best introduction to UML there is. It is short, succinct & well written (as alll of Martin Fowler's books are) but also comprehensive & comprehensible.
This is a good book for anybody looking to learn about UML: managers, developers, analysts, & architects. Clearly anybody who is going to use UML in anger will need to consult more detailed material but this is an excellent starting point for alll.
Highly recommended
