A case study: productivity and quality gains using an object-oriented framework

✍ Scribed by Sandra A. Mamrak; Saurabh Sinha

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 130 KB
• Volume: 29
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0038-0644
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-024x(199905)29:6<501::aid-spe240>3.0.co;2-4

✦ Synopsis

The Neuro-Oncology Information System (NOIS) supports researchers and other personnel throughout the United States engaged in brain tumor research. Graphical user interfaces that allow data input into the NOIS have been evolving over several years. This paper describes the design and implementation of the NOIS Input Forms as they migrated from a procedural approach to a static object-oriented approach, and finally to a framework approach in which not only static components were reused, but also the patterns of interaction among the components. The paper documents a significant gain in productivity and quality that was realized when using the framework design paradigm.