59 A Third Generation OO Methodology - Advanced Tasks and Techniques

Richard Thomas, Queensland University of Technology

Convention Centre
Room 18

The increased complexity associated with large-scale systems requires an increase in the sophistication of the methodology used to manage these systems. OPEN (Object-oriented Process, Environment and Notation) is a third generation methodology that focuses not only on model building but also on project management, quality, reuse, and full and tailorable lifecycle support. Tasks and techniques within OPEN will be described in detail with emphasis on the more advanced contributions made by OPEN to the state-of-the-art in object technology.

This tutorial provides sufficient information for the methodology to be trialed in a business environment by the tutorial participants. The tutorial also provides a rationale why convergence of methodologies provides a more robust platform for the development of object oriented systems in an industrial context

Attendee Background: Project managers, systems developers, analysts and designers who are fully conversant with basic OO terminology and the need for a full lifecycle process methodology. Experience with OO methodologies would be advantageous.

Richard Thomas is a lecturer in software engineering in the School of Computing Science at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). He is a member of the Centre for Object Technology Application and Research (COTAR), the premier object technology research centre in Australia. Richard is also a director of Thomaco Consultancies, a technology consultancy that specializes in software engineering and object technology. He has practiced object technology for a decade as a designer, implementer, researcher, lecturer and consultant.

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A Third Generation OO Methodology - Advanced Tasks and Techniques

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