UML

Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a visual modeling language that helps software developers design, document, and visualize software systems. UML is a standard that can be used to model applications and non-software systems, regardless of the methodology used to design them UML can help engineering teams: Communicate with technical and non-technical audiences, plan new features before programming, bring new team members up to speed quickly, and Navigate source code. Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a standardized visual modeling language used in the field of software engineering to provide a general-purpose, developmental, and intuitive way to visualize the design of a system. UML helps in specifying, visualizing, constructing, and documenting the artifacts of software systems.

• We use UML diagrams to portray the behavior and structure of a system.
• UML helps software engineers, businessmen, and system architects with modeling, design, and analysis.
• The Object Management Group (OMG) adopted Unified Modelling Language as a standard in 1997. It’s been managed by OMG ever since.
• The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published UML as an approved standard in 2005. UML has been revised over the years and is reviewed periodically.

We need UML (Unified Modeling Language) to visually represent and communicate complex system designs, facilitating better understanding and collaboration among stakeholders. Below is why we 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 about essential requirements, functionalities, and processes of the system.
• A lot of time is saved down the line when teams can visualize processes, user interactions, and the static structure of the system.