Whatever happened to ....

[MadDawg]

... UML?

It got an icepick that made its ears burn.

[doodab]

UML is still in use all the time. However of the 14 (or whatever) diagram types, probably about 3 are actually useful.

Sequence diagrams actually show you something useful for instance. And ERDs are very useful for DB modeling, though I don't recall if they are technically UML.

Roughly speaking, the more a UML looks like a normal diagram you might draw if you don't know UML, the better it is. The moment you start getting carried away which type of arrow-head to use, you're wasting time.

WHS. BEML is far more universal than UML ever was.

[d000hg]

UML is still in use all the time. However of the 14 (or whatever) diagram types, probably about 3 are actually useful.

Sequence diagrams actually show you something useful for instance. And ERDs are very useful for DB modeling, though I don't recall if they are technically UML.

Roughly speaking, the more a UML looks like a normal diagram you might draw if you don't know UML, the better it is. The moment you start getting carried away which type of arrow-head to use, you're wasting time.

[suityou01]

Use Case with a Stereotype of Business Process = User Story = Navigation Flow
Use case with a Stereotype of System = System PBI = Function
Package of the above = MMF = Module

Nothing much changes, just the terminology.

Ok draw me a state diagram in BPMN 2.0

Horses for courses.

[cojak]

Oh I don't know, I once did an Agile project which included UML, pair programming, waterfall, scrums, AOA (any other acronym). I just ignored it all and was the only one on time...In fact the only project I've ever done with a PM, waste of time they are...

+1.

UML is great but it needs to come Threaded's time machine. It's not for the real world.

[suityou01]

... UML?

I remember when almost every job advert had "Must be proficient in UML".

It was everywhere. Nothing could be done without stick men, activity diagrams, class diagrams, use cases written in nth detail.

Then, one day, it just vanished....

I was only telling someone earlier today how in my 17 years in the trade i'd avoided it for 15.5. Now I use it quite a bit

[GB9]

Use Case with a Stereotype of Business Process = User Story = Navigation Flow
Use case with a Stereotype of System = System PBI = Function
Package of the above = MMF = Module

Nothing much changes, just the terminology.

[Spacecadet]

... UML?

I remember when almost every job advert had "Must be proficient in UML".

It was everywhere. Nothing could be done without stick men, activity diagrams, class diagrams, use cases written in nth detail.

Then, one day, it just vanished....

All UML did was to give gainful employment to UML consultants and trainers. I think they've all moved to "Big Data" now and are too busy blogging about it on linkedin to bother with UML

[darmstadt]

With AGILE no one needs to draw complex diagrams that have special names for the parts.

Oh I don't know, I once did an Agile project which included UML, pair programming, waterfall, scrums, AOA (any other acronym). I just ignored it all and was the only one on time...In fact the only project I've ever done with a PM, waste of time they are...

[SueEllen]

With AGILE no one needs to draw complex diagrams that have special names for the parts.

[DimPrawn]

... UML?

I remember when almost every job advert had "Must be proficient in UML".

It was everywhere. Nothing could be done without stick men, activity diagrams, class diagrams, use cases written in nth detail.

Then, one day, it just vanished....