UML Class Diagrams Conceptual vs Specification vs Implementation

Question

I am currently reading Martin Fowler\'s UML Distilled. I have just covered the section on class diagrams, where he places strong emphasis on the need to sort out ones perspectiv

Answer 1

Martin fowler's books are crap for me (e.g my personal feeling) as soon as he is starting to talk about the class diagram!! I agree for the other diagrams but the class diagram should be more pragmatic and not just high level designs !!

It is always the same theory that you need to model at higher level of abstraction and then to model what you really need. I prefer to quickly provide a running code and show it to the customer. From that first stage we start modeling in order to have functional demands but also code. Once we finish this second stage we show it again to the customer and again provides UML class diagrams to change what need to be done. After 10 iterations my project is usually finished. For example my project last 3 to 6 months. This is a really complex project and my customers is usually satisfied. Using Martin fowler's recommendation my project would have not been finished in 12-18 months and the customer would certainly be disappointed.