Object-Development Methods Low Intermediate

Object Development Methods addresses how object orientation can be applied to systems analysis and design. An international roster of contributors compare the leading methodologies of Shaller/Mellor, Jacobson, Colbert, Rumbaugh, Graham, Booch, Texel, and Coad/Yourdon among others. The book provides significant insight into the contrasting viewpoints and advantages, common concepts and underlying structures of different object-oriented methods. Practitioners and academics alike will find material here to inform, inspire, encourage, warn, and guide in the improvement and maturation of the software development process. If you are a Systems Analyst/Designer, Programmer, Project Manager, Software Engineer, IT Manager, or Chief Scientist, this book is a must-read to become more familiar with and choose from the top methodologies.

Comprehensive in perspective and comparative in approach, this book brings together the works of a number of experienced practitioners and methodologists who, in different ways, feel the object-oriented paradigm can improve the most important aspects of systems analysis and design. It introduces the motivations, concepts, and adoption processes for object-oriented methods and technology; discusses different perspectives on specific object-oriented development methods; and includes a comprehensive survey and comparison of six leading methodologies, and introduces some lesser-known methodologies. Discusses and defines key concepts (e.g., class/type/set, encapsulation, classification, plymorphism, and interpretation). Provides significant insight into the contrasting viewpoints and advantages of different object-oriented methods -- but stresses the common concepts and underlying structure of the methods. Explores the six leading methodologies (Shlaer/Mellor, Booch, Coad/Yourdon/Nicola, Martin/Odell, Rumbaugh, and Wirfs-Brock), and introduces some several well-known methods (e.g., MERODE, Colbert, Texel, SOMA). Discusses problems of adopting, changing culture, etc. For IT managers, systems analysts, systems designers, programmers, project managers, software engineers, chief scientists.