The Open Process Specification

Shows how to use the OPEN process to organize, plan, and manage both largeobject-oriented and small-scale software development projects. Includes a summary of the COMN Light Notation. DLC: Object-oriented methods (Computer science)

Ian Graham is an industry consultant with over 20 years experience, and has been a practitioner in IT for over 25. He is internationally recognized as an authority on business modeling, object-oriented software development methods, software development processes, and expert systems. Ian is currently Principal Consultant with TriReme International Ltd. Previously he spent six years in senior management positions with Chase Manhattan Bank and the Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS Warburg). Ian is well known as a public speaker and writer on advanced computing and has published over 60 articles and papers. He is the author or editor of 13 books on the subject and has lectured in 16 countries across 4 continents.

Brian Henderson-Sellers is Director of the Centre for Object Technology Applications and Research and Professor of Information Systems at the University of Technology, Sydney. He is author of nine books on object technology and is well-known for his work in Object Oriented methodologies and metamodelling (MOSES, COMMA and OPEN) and in Object Oriented metrics. He was recently voted number 3 in the Who's Who of Object Technology (Handbook of Object Technology, 1999, Appendix N) and, in July 2001, was awarded a DSc by the University of London for his extensive and significant contributions to object-oriented methodologies.

Houman Younessi is an academic member of the School of Information Technology at Swinburne University of Technology, a member of the OPEN Consortium and a co-author of The OPEN Process Specification. Previously Managing Director of Australian Business Consultants Pty. Ltd., Houman is an internationally recognized consultant, practitioner and educator.

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