fjcc@gmv.es (Francisco Javier Campos) (04/24/91)
HOOD (Hierarchical Object Oriented Design) is an object oriented
design method focused primarily to the development of Ada code.
- ORIGIN AND USE
The method was developed for the European Space Agency (ESA) some four years
ago. It was developed taking mainly as starting point the Booch ideas from
"SW Engineering with Ada", but being much more precise and concrete in the
definition of the concepts and the design process. HOOD is now
*** mandatory *** for several ESA projects and is becoming an standard in
Europe for Ada projects. It is the design method for big projects as
COLUMBUS (The european space station program), HERMES (the european shuttle)
and EFA (the European Fighter Aircraft). It is being used as well in small
projects and in the research ones.
- STATUS
The method is a standard, that is, there are two documents that define it
(HOOD Reference Manual and HOOD User Manual), and these documents are
now owned and maintained by an association named HOOD Users Group (HUG). The
objective and functioning of the HUG is similar to institutions like Ada groups,with the only difference that they own the method and maintain it. Of course,
the HUG is always wellcoming new members. There are some working groups inside
HUG, being one of them (the HTG) in charge of receiving inputs from the users
and modify the method accordingly. HTG members are voted from HUG members. The
current version of the method is 3.0, but version 3.1 will be released about
beginning of July.
- TOOLS
There may be around 10 tools that support the method. I think the last one
released is Teamwork (the HOOD support of Teamwork).
- COURSES
There are several companies (including mine) that give training about
the method. My company has been working with HOOD since four years
ago and is involved in both the HUG and the HTG (I am personally member
of the HTG).
If you want more details about any of these topics please contact
me again. If you want more information about tools, courses, and the HOOD
documents you can contact as well the HUG at:
HUG Administration
CRI A/S
Bregneroedvej 144
DK-3460 Birkeroed
Attn: Finn Hass
DENMARK
Javier Campos Ph. +34 1 8072100
GMV, S.A. Fax +34 1 8072199
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