Transition to Object-oriented Software Development

MOHAMED FAYAD teaches computer science at the University of Nevada, is a columnist for Communications of ACM, and is a former editor in chief of the IEEE Computer Society Press. MAURI LAITINEN was one of the founders of Autodesk, where he held a number of positions, including director of software development. Currently he has an independent consultancy in Lake Tahoe, California.

A TRANSITION FRAMEWORK; Transition Planning; PLANNING AND PREPROJECT ACTIVITIES; Effective Development Planning; Dealing with Culture Change; OBJECT-ORIENTED INSERTION ACTIVITIES; Selecting the Right Object-Oriented Technique; Selecting the Right Computer-Aided Software Engineering Tool; Staffing and Organizing the Project; Training; Dealing with Legacy Systems; Budget for Reuse; OBJECT-ORIENTED PROJECT MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; Analyzing, Modeling, and Prototyping; Effective Project Tracking and Control; Defining and Documenting the Development Process; Applying Software Metrics; Inspecting Object-Oriented Software Products; Integrating Software Documentation; Appendices; Index.