Design in Object Technology

Alistair Cockburn

Description

Experience the raw, unannotated version of the original course, Design In Object Technology, created by Dr. Alistair Cockburn. In the 1990s, Dr. Cockburn was one of the leading methodologists in the new area of object-oriented design. Hired by the IBM Consulting Group to create their methodology for object-technology projects, he taught the entire design team on a live project all they would need to know to run the project they were embarking on.

 

This book is that course.

 

Offering a rare glimpse into a moment in time where the standards and practices of object technology were being chartered by the leaders of the day, this book gives an unfiltered look into the approach and techniques used to educate practitioners.

 

Now, in 2021, that course has historical significance. It was at the time a tour-de-force of complete project education, from project management tips to requirements gathering to software design. It set the stage for modern "agile" development techniques.

 

Old-timers will enjoy seeing the presentation of these core topics. Newcomers can learn subtleties of techniques they may only have heard of. Everyone will enjoy the depth and liveliness of what might otherwise be a boring Powerpoint deck.

Sujets

• Object oriented
• Programming
• Computers
• Informatique
• Object-oriented programming
• Object-oriented design
• Agile software development
• Software development methodology

Informations

• Publié par: Humans and Technology Inc
• Date de parution: 14 juillet 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781737519713
• Langue: English

Extrait

Design in Object Technology “ Class of 1994”
 
 
 
 
 

Series on
Object-Oriented
Design
 
 
 
 
Alistair Cockburn
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
© Alistair Cockburn 2021, all rights reserved
 
ISBN 978-1-7375197-0-6
Humans and Technology Press
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Salt Lake City, UT 84101





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Preface to the 2021 Reprinting
 
In 1991 I was hired by the IBM Consulting Group to create a methodology for their object-technology projects. An early "agile" methodology, it's emphasis was on incremental development, requirements in use cases, and design using responsibilities.
 
We applied the methodology in 1994 on a fixed-price, fixed-scope project that integrated COBOL programs with a sizable Smalltalk application via a relational database. Bid as a $10M, 18-month, 50-person project, it delivered on time at a cost of about $15M. The client was happy with the result and the system was still i being maintained ten years later, so it was considered a successful project. The project is written up in detail as "project Winifred" in my 1997 book Surviving Object-Oriented Projects .
 
At the start of the project, I gave a week-long course to the entire team. it covered incremental development, use cases, responsibilities, an early hexagonal architecture, methodologies, whatever they would need to function on the project.
 
This book is no more and no less than slides from that course, all 214 of them.