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- From: koehnema@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Harry Koehnemann)
- Subject: Re: Why and how do organizations select the OO
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.155937.10417@ennews.eas.asu.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:59:37 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.203706.29355@seas.gwu.edu> mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes:
- >
- > They hired a _really_ big-name consultant (NOT a professor, Mark!)
- > to teach them his OO methodology and take a first crack at a design
- > for them. After collecting a very large fee, he walked away from the
- > project, leaving behind what they say is an unworkable design.
- > Conceivably we (I and another professor friend) will get involved
- > helping them sort it all out. Might be fun.
-
- Interesting. I saw the same thing out here. A friend of mine works at
- a company (also nameless) developing a very large real-time system. There
- were many variables in this project - new processor, new language (Ada),
- very large project, drastically reduced cycle time, and new development
- method (OO) - ie. lots of risk. They had hired a consultant to help in
- specification and design who basically told them that "if you're going to
- use Ada, you have to use OO spec/design" Hmmm. Does Ada preclude other
- design methods? You can't get encapsulation/info hiding from other
- methodologies?
-
- Of course, everyone followed the consultant. Not because he was right
- (although he may have been), but because I'm sure no one in a decision
- making power really knew any better. As you say it's kindof like
- religion - like the congregation following the preacher and assuming
- it's his responsibility to get them to heaven.
-
- BTW, last I heard it's behind schedule and way over budget - imagine that.
- Too many variables for onw project.
- --
- Harry Koehnemann Arizona State University
- koehnema@enuxha.eas.asu.edu Computer Science Department
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