I WANT TO TELL YOU about three things: 1) myself, 2) my view of UML, process, and . NET and 3) Martin L. Shoemaker. From these three things, I hope to give you a per- spective on the value this book offers me-and most likely you, too. About Me As a developer, I've been "introduced" to several development processes and methodologies. The documentation for these processes literally covered feet of shelf space. I've also encountered a number of diagramming systems. To me, most of the latter come across as a boatload of funny symbols with a bunch of nuanced meanings dreamed up by their inventors...