A PROPOSED OBJECT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY

The object-oriented approach to software engineering is maturing and evolving as industry methodologists strive to clarify and promote its underlying principles. The object-oriented paradigm has the potential to increase consistency within the software development process compared with previous software engineering approaches. Much of the current work, however, tends to focus on a particular phase without addressing the transition and traceability between phases. The methodology presented in this paper is proposed for the full development life-cycle. It synthesises and enhances several emerging object-oriented techniques and notations into a consistent approach. This methodology was developed to provide a framework for using object-oriented techniques in the development of a large simulation and prototyping laboratory.