Lessons From the Field: Developing Standards

Overview

Developing UML standards is an important first step in achieving consistency and efficiency in an enterprise. Consistent modelling means consistent understanding between the modellers and their audience. Consistent modelling practices also make for easy movement of resources between teams without extended learning curves. Some of the lessons Xpdian has learned in developing standards are deciding what standards must be developed, involving the right people, developing UML champions, developing formal standards documents, developing formal standards training, developing lots of examples and reviewing the standards constantly.