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STICK-MEN AND OVALS The sample diagrams provided with Rose describe a university course registration system, documented in the book Visual Modeling with Rational Rose and UML (Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1998), by Terry Quatrani and Grady Booch.

This way, components can be reused in other component-based applications. Component diagrams in Rose carry out component-based development: Each component fulfills a specific system function components then interact with each other to achieve the overall functionality of the system. Eight of UML's nine diagrams are supported by Rose. The language models data, processes, objects or components. UML Version 1.1 is the latest de facto standard visual modeling notation. Rose also supports the COM/DCOM (ActiveX), JavaBean and Corba component standards. Rose supports multiple programming languages (C++, Visual Basic and Java) in the same model, and is extensible by way of add-ins and partner products available from third-party firms. Rational Rose, a design tool from Cupertino, Calif.-based Rational Software Corp., achieves visual modeling through use of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and component-based development. This allows for iterative development, which builds functionality gradually. Visual modeling gives a development team a bird's-eye view of a system and its component interactions without getting caught up in the details too soon.
