Automating Object-Oriented Software Development Methods

Current software projects have generally to deal with producing and managing large and complex software products. It is generally believed that applying software development methods are useful in coping with this complexity and for supporting quality. As such numerous object-oriented software development methods have been defined. Nevertheless, methods often provide a complexity by their own due to their large number of artifacts, method rules and their complicated processes. We think that automation of software development methods is a valuable support for the software engineer in coping with this complexity and for improving quality. This paper presents a summary and a discussion of the ideas that were raised during the workshop on automating object-oriented software development methods.