Sequence of UML diagrams

[Anurag Narayan]

What should be the sequence of UML diagram creation?If I am designing an application I create the use case diagram first; after that which diagram should be created and so on.I am basically interested in knowing the chronology of UML diagrams.

[Martijn Verburg]

Hi there,

Well I personally find it's best to pick and choose which ever UML diagrams will help you solve your problem. Typically I'll start with Use Case Diagrams (so the business and I are on the same page) then I use Sequence diagrams to show how a request will come in from a client, go through various layers and come back with a response. I'll then do a brief class/interface diagram to make sure I don't 'cowboy code' my way into a corner.

Hope that helps!

[Cameron Wallace McKenzie]

Well, you need the classes before you can do the sequence, so I'd do class diagram first, and then sequence. That makes sense to me.

Static and then the dynamic.

-Cameron McKenzie

[arulk pillai]

Yes, I would do it in the following order and things may veru depending on the complexity of the usecase, time pressures, company roadmaps and standards, etc.


Use case diagrams
Class diagrams
Object diagrams -- optional
Sequence diagrams
Collaboration diagrams -- optional
Statechart diagrams -- optional
Activity diagrams -- optional
Component diagrams -- optional
Deployment diagrams -- optional