A skill development training session was held on the last Thursday at SLS HQ premises led by Mr. Nazmus Saqib Khan- Lead Software Engineer of Skylark Soft Limited.

With a vision of increasing efficiency and software architectural knowledge, self development and reducing error the training was conducted on UML Design.

Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a general purpose modelling language. The main aim of UML is to define a standard way to visualize the way a system has been designed. It is quite similar to blueprints used in other fields of engineering.

UML is not a programming language, it is rather a visual language. We use UML diagrams to portray the behavior and structure of a system. UML helps software engineers, businessmen and system architects with modelling, design and analysis. The Object Management Group (OMG) adopted Unified Modelling Language as a standard in 1997. Its been managed by OMG ever since. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published UML as an approved standard in 2005. UML has been revised over the years and is reviewed periodically.

Do we really need UML?

• Complex applications need collaboration and planning from multiple teams and hence require a clear and concise way to communicate amongst them.
• Businessmen do not understand code. So UML becomes essential to communicate with non programmers essential requirements, functionalities and processes of the system.
• A lot of time is saved down the line when teams are able to visualize processes, user interactions and static structure of the system.

We appreciate Mr. Nazmus Saqib Khan for his brilliant effort on this fantastic training & presentation.