Thanks for the speedy replies!
Given your responses, I feel happy knowing that there are people who are both able and willing to help others learn what is not an intuitively easy subject. I'll be posting my issues up as they arise..
Its interesting and exciting that as an ex-management consultant (I have a BBA in marketing & finance) I can merge up both the worlds of business theory and OOA/D using these tools, especially Coad's book. It also seems to be a sure-fire way to move towards an
SCEA designation.. a specialty where the demand will probably be less volatile than for
Java work alone.
Regards,
Steven, SCJP2