Tau UML Suite
The most powerful,
scaleable, team
modelling
solution for generating
object oriented
software systems
The Enterprise Component Architects
What is Tau UML Suite ?
Control and
Visibility
Models
Analyse
Repository
Packages
Design
Applications
Implement
Documentation
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Components
1
Project environment
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common picture
sharing
consistency
parallel development
reuse
stakeholder definition
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Strengths
• Multi-user, multi project team
modelling
• Phased lifecycle support
• Multiple language, synchronous
engineering
• Configuration management and
version control
• Component-based development
• Integrations
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Process support - Phases
2) Support each phase independently, and provide
linkage between phases Analysis
Implementation
Repository
System
Arch.
Object Design
• Maintains
Analysis and
Design assets
• Supports
industry
standard
processes
• or, tailor it to fit
your process
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Synchronous Engineering
Source Code
Class Model
C++, Java,
Ada83/95,
Delphi,
Smalltalk,
CORBA IDL,
COM IDL,
Uniface,
Forté,
VisualBasic,
PowerBuilder,
NewEra,
Eiffel,
SQL
• Synchronise Model and code
changes
• Keeping project control
– avoiding “drift”
• Maintenance
– keeping delivered work linked
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Comprehensive version control
You can version, baseline, difference and
merge:
• analysis artefacts
• individual classes
• individual diagrams
• packages
• collections of related diagrams
• design artefacts
• phases
• configurations
• source code
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Scaleable client-server
environments
Windows 95
Client
Windows 95/NT
Standalone
Windows NT
Client
UNIX
Client
TCP/IP Networks
Mobile
Working
Windows NT Server
UNIX Server
• Flexibility and scaleability
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Document generation
DocIT
“pull”
MS Word
Repository
template
“push”
Documentation
DocExpress
templates
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Summary
• Scaleable UML modelling
• Built-in process support
• Common workspace based
• Component-based development
• Full configuration management
and control
• Strong integrations
• Open, extensible, customisable
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Version 4.4, highlights
• UML 1.3
• Package hierarchy support
• XML / XMI
• Webviewer (DocExpress)
• Java utvidelser (ejb,…)
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