Introducing the object-oriented paradigm in a medium size software development company
✍ Scribed by V. A. Makris; K. C. Thrampoulidis
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 260 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1077-4866
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✦ Synopsis
Software development is an inefficient and expensive process. More than a quarter of software projects fail and almost every project exceeds its budget and requires extra time to finish. At the same time, high competition forces prices down. Object-orientation seems to be at the time the most promising approach to address most of the software development problems. This paper describes the process of introducing the object-oriented approach to a medium size software development company as well as the experience gained through this transition. The use of object-oriented techniques and tools is also evaluated in terms of improving the efficiency of software development process. The experiment was based on a combination of OMT, Booch and OOSE methodologies with Paradigm Plus as the supporting CASE tool.