Choosing the Right Object–Oriented Method

Object–oriented methods can substantially improve achievement of software–engineering and system–building goals. Choosing a method means looking at the support it offers for the object– oriented paradigm, for the application domain of the software developer, and for software–engineering principles, practices, and goals. In this presentation we shall explore how these needs are answered by various current object–oriented methods, including Booch, Buhr, Coad, Colbert, Rumbaugh, and Shlaer–Mellor. Understanding of basic terms such as object, class, and inheritance will be assumed. A book by the presenter, comparing current methods, is scheduled from SIGS Publications this year.