The component model illustrates the software components that will be used to build the system. These may be built up from the class model and written from scratch for the new system, or may be brought in from other projects and 3rd party vendors. Components are high level aggregations of smaller software pieces, and provide a 'black box' building block approach to software construction. Component Notation A component may be something like an ActiveX control - either a user interface control or a business rules server. Components are drawn as the following diagram shows: The Component Diagram The component diagram…