OO software development process

Abstract

A (software) development method has at least the following components: A language core for representing systems and their components, an (informal) procedure for guiding the development, and (informal) criteria for measuring progress and a `decision procedure' for terminating the development process. We see an abundance of notions and notations in the OO paradigm: multiple OO programming languages and multiple `formalisms' for OO analysis and design. Procedures for guiding the development process are sparse. The sequence in which notational apparatus is presented in the literature is often the default process. In Rumbaugh et al, we find (only) a check list of development activities.