Software Design Master Class

The Best Way To Learn Is Through Experience.Improving believes that the best way to learn is through the application of knowledge in real-world environments. We specialize in creating situated, hands-on learning solutions for our customers in the areas of agile processes, object-oriented design, and test-driven development.

Improving Training - Dallas

This three-day instructor-led course will provide participants with the tools needed to reach the next level of object-oriented software development. 
These tools will help discover and communicate:
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<LI>what an object-oriented system is functionally required to do</LI>
<LI>how the system should be built in a manner conducive to maintainability</LI>
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Each topic will be reinforced with very interactive and targeted group exercises (no computers) that will guide participants through complete software development cycles. 
Modern object-oriented developers and designers must have a deeper understanding of this technology paradigm to successfully create sustainable custom software solutions.
Audience:
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<LI>Software development professionals looking for a deeper understanding of what it takes to create sustainable enterprise software solutions.</LI>
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Students will learn to:
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Understand the advantages of object-oriented techniques 
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Understand agile software development methods 
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Communicate designs with the Unified Modeling Language (UML) in a pragmatic way 
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Create UML use case diagrams 
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Write effective use cases and/or user stories to capture customer needs 
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Use UML sequence diagram notation to visually describe system interactions 
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Effectively identify business concepts to minimize the representation gap 
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Depict relevant business concepts in a Domain Model using UML static structure notation 
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Identify acceptance criteria for relevant functionality 
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Map acceptance tests to unit tests (Behavior-Driven Development)
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Identify the aspects of a ‘good’ design 
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Identify the aspects of a ‘bad’ design 
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Apply principles such as Low Coupling and High Cohesion 
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Assign responsibility to appropriate classes using the GRASP patterns 
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Use the SOLID principles as design guidelines 
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Apply the most common Design Patterns 
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Know when and where to apply Design Patterns 
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Depict object collaboration using UML interaction diagrams 
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Portray classes and their dependencies using UML static structure notation 
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Produce code from design 
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Apply Test-Driven Development concepts 
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Understand when not to create Analysis and Design artifacts
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Improving - Dallas

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