Object-Oriented Development At Work

(Note: Each chapter contains a introduction and conclusion). Overview of Fusion. Introduction. Analysis. Design. I. CASE STUDIES. 1. Transition to Object Technology Using Fusion Pilot Projects: A Case Study. Introducing Object Technology into a Software Development Organization. Project Management. Complementing the Fusion Development Process. Development Environment. Reuse. Results of the Pilot Project. 2. Using Fusion on an HP Medical Imaging Project: Analysis Phase Retrospective. Project Context. Process and Organization. Building Analysis Models. Fusion: Improvements, Problem/Solutions, Value. II. APPLICATIONS. 3. Extending the Fusion Design Process for TMN Application Development. TMN Application Development. Application Information Models. Gaining Access to the MIB. Extending the Fusion Design Process. 4. Using Fusion for Commercial Fixed-Price Bespoke Development. Background. Project Planning. Staffing. Project Execution. 5. An Approach to Process Description Using Fusion. General Modeling Strategy. Notation Adaptation. Guidelines for Building Process Models. Hierarchical Decomposition. Views. The Domain Maintenance Process. Concurrent Processes. III. MANAGING FUSION PROJECTS. 6. Evolutionary Fusion: A Customer-oriented Incremental Life Cycle for Fusion. Evolutionary Fusion. 7. Method Metrics and Defect Tracking: Measuring and Improving the Fusion Development Process. Method Metrics. Defect Tracking. IV. EXTENSIONS TO FUSION. 8. Requirements Engineering within the Fusion Method. Hospital Information System Case Study. Requirements Engineering Process Model. 9. Proposed Enhancements to the Fusion Method. Levels of Abstraction. Concurrency in Design. Using Roles in Design. 10. Extensions to Fusion Supporting NEXTSTEP/OpenStep (Portable) Distributed Objects. What are Distributed Objects? Fusion Extensions. What we Learned. 11. Improving the Analysis Stage of the Fusion Method. Choice of a Development Method. Students' Feedback and Problems Encountered. Major Difficulties for the Software Developer. Improving the Fusion Analysis Practice. Improving the Analysis Part of the Fusion Method. 12. Extending Fusion: Practical Rigor and Refinement. Catalysis Overview: Terms and Process. Collaborations-" What" at the domain level. Specifying Services-"Who" . Design-"How" . The Role of Refinement in Design. Appendices.