If you are interested in learning object-oriented technology using UML (Unified Modeling Language) and C++, then this guide from two leading software developers at Bell Laboratories of Lucent Technologies and AT&T is for you. Designed as a self-teaching guide for busy software analysts and developers who work on large systems, this book will teach you how to actually do object-oriented modeling using UML notation and implementing the model using C++. Features: Uses the new UML notation for documentation. UML will be the new industry standard; teaches the professional to make and trade off decisions to meet business needs; explains the differences among object-oriented analysis, object-oriented design, and object-oriented programming; provides a strategy for employing all the steps of object-oriented technology; fully worked case study that takes the reader through the entire development process; every concept is introduced with an example.