A Method for Your First Object-Oriented Project

This paper presents a pragmatic and simple approach to developing object-oriented applications. The approach is based on two fundamental principles of object-oriented software: objects and their cooperation. Process descriptions from collecting customer requirements to implementing code, as well as modelling notations are presented. Commercial object-oriented methods are complicated and often hard to learn and use. The approach presented here is simple and easy to apply and develop further. The method includes only two notations and five clear steps. Still, it covers the software development process from requirements capture to testing. The approach can be used in the very first object-oriented projects of a company, and in domains and environments that are clear and simple enough. As regards more complex domains or environments the method scales up.