The document discusses various aspects of the design phase of software development including: 1. The design phase builds upon artifacts created in the analysis phase like use cases and conceptual models. Interaction diagrams are created to show how objects communicate and collaborate. 2. Real use cases describe detailed interface designs. Class diagrams summarize class definitions and relationships. Responsibilities are assigned to classes using patterns like expert, controller, and others. 3. Interaction diagrams illustrate object interactions and are dependent on prior artifacts. Collaboration and sequence diagrams represent different notation for the same interactions. Guidelines are provided for creating interaction diagrams.