The overall aims of the tutorial are to describe the third generation OPEN methodology at an introductory level by means of case studies which illustrate the tailorable flexibility of the OPEN process. Attendees will also gain hands-on experience in methodology tailoring and UML modeling in a small case study.

Attendee Background: Knowledge of OO concepts will be beneficial; no knowledge of methodologies or modeling is required. This is an intermediate level tutorial which will be of most benefit to systems developers, analysts, designers, students and faculty with basic knowledge of OO concepts who require an easy introduction to modern OOAD methodological thinking.

Brain Henderson-Sellers is Director of the Centre for Object Technology Applications and Research (COTAR) and Professor of Information Systems at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). He is author of eight books on object technology and is well-known for his work in OO methodologies and meta-modeling (MOSES, COMMA and OPEN) and in OO metrics.

Bhuvan Unhelkar is Chief Operating Officer with CASE digital and has over 16 years of professional IS experience. He holds a Doctorate in the area of OO design and is winner of the Computerworld Object Developers Awards for "Best use of an object-oriented approach across the organization".