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- Path: sparky!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!Des.Kenny
- From: Des.Kenny@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Subject: Re: Need basic OO information
- Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 22:36:25 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.223625.12171@actrix.gen.nz>
- Summary: Project Examples
- Keywords: OO Examples, Actual Industry Projects
- References: <1992Dec11.125457.36573@uservx.plk.af.mil> <1377@se.alcbel.be>
- Sender: Des.Kenny@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Lines: 69
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- In article <1377@se.alcbel.be> cgra@btma74.nohost.nodomain () writes:
- >
- > Not an answer, but a me-too-please.
- >
- > Yesterday evening I attended an "Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis"
- > provided by our training department. The lecturer started by apologising
- > for the lack of concrete examples in her presentation - she had been unable
- > to find anything in the literature beyond the old schoolbook of examples of
- > closed-curve/polygon/ellipse... and "a zebra is a horse, but black with white
- > stripes" (plus you can't ride it, quipped I).
- >
- > What she would really have liked was examples of practical design problems
- > which were demonstrably better tackled using OOA, or of real systems which
- > had benifited from the application of OOA. She hadn't found any.
- >
- > This is very strange. Are we to conclude...
- >
- > - that in 10 years or so of OO analysis, design, and programming not one
- > wothwhile practical example has emerged?
- >
- > - or that the OO community are so unskilled in the art of self-advertisement
- > that shining examples of OOA are going unreported?
- >
- > - or that organisations using OOA are achieving such brilliant results that
- > they are concealing the fact in order to retain the competitive advantage
- > this wins them?
- >
- > OK you guys - flood me with brilliant examples of OOA/D/P that I can feed
- > back to teacher. Fire me with enthusiasm, and convert me (and just about
- > everyone I know) from cynical doubter to blazing apostle!
- >
- > Then maybe I'll bother attending the next session - "Introduction to
- > Object-Oriented Design"... ;->
- >
- > Merry Xmas all,
- >
- > Chris cgra@se.alcbel.br
- > ____________________________________________________________________________
- > All opinions expressed are those of the author, and are unlikely to coincide
- > with the official policy of Alcatel or any other such organisation.
- > Nothing in this message should be taken to imply that Alcatel are anything
- > less than totally committed to the application of OO principles, as to make
- > such an insinuation would be a negative career move of some magnitude.
-
-
- Contact:
- Dr Jean-Marc Nerson at Societe des Outils du Logiciel ( SOL) in Paris.
-
- He can discuss real projects that have been done in the European Community
- Business Class project and other projects in various countries.
-
- The Business Class project is designing a methodology , CASE tools , Business
- applications and classes.
-
- The methodology is called BON. It is definitely worth a careful look.
-
- email: marc@eiffel.com
-
- I hope this helps.
-
- Des Kenny
- Objective Methods Ltd
- PO Box 17356
- Wellington
- New Zealand
- Phone: 64 4 476 9499
- Fax: 64 4 476 9237
- Email: Des.Kenny@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
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