Object-Oriented Systems Design

by Edward Yourdon

Best-selling author and respected computer expert Edward Yourdon presents his latest work, Object-Oriented Systems Design: An Integrated Approach. The first part of this comprehensive volume introduces the concept of objects and concludes with a look at the popularity of the OO paradigm. Chapter 2 discusses the extent of OO usage, as of 1991-92, and the reasons many software organizations are being attracted to the approach. But equally important, Chapter 2 explains why some organizations are consciously, deliberately choosing not to implement OO software methodologies - at least, for the time being. Part II of the book discusses a number of "management" issues associated with the OO paradigm. Many software project managers are ready to embrace the technical concepts of OO analysis, design, and programming - and frankly don't care which of the dozen commercial forms of OO methodology their project team uses - but they want to make sure they can still manage the project in order to assu