philbo@dhw68k.cts.com (Phil Lindsay) (03/13/91)
I hope people don't mind the cross post. At my current place of
employment we are looking at several formal OO design methodologies.
Currently we are looking at GE's and Peter Coad's work. Could
people please email me their opinions or "more appropriate
methodologies." Many thanks in advance. Phil Lindsay (TRW-IS)
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USMAIL: 152A S. Cross Creek Rd, Orange, Ca. 92669haim@taichi.uucp (24122-Haim Kilov(L028)m000) (03/16/91)
Concepts are much more important than methodologies. Only after a concept is precisely (i.e., formally) defined, is it possible to discuss the methodology (guidelines?) of its use. For generic (application-neutral) information modeling, we are using a set of OO "ER-based" concepts, each of which is clearly defined on the basis of primitive operations jointly owned by an entity and associated entities. There exists a Bellcore Special Report "Information Modeling Concepts and Guidelines" about these activities obtainable by means of calling 1-800-521-CORE. The number of this Special Report is SR-OPT-001826. Hope this helps. -Haim Kilov haim@bcr.cc.bellcore.com
song@berault.ics.uci.edu (Xiping Song) (03/20/91)
In article <1991Mar15.182940.3421@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> haim@taichi.UUCP (24122-Haim Kilov) writes: > >Concepts are much more important than methodologies. Only after a concept >is precisely (i.e., formally) defined, is it possible to discuss the >methodology (guidelines?) of its use. For generic (application-neutral) I quite agree this point. I have been using formal/modeling techniques formalize design methodologies. As a result, a design methodology usually can be characterized into four types. Concept is one of them. All the other types--artifacts, representation mechanism and activities are constructured around concepts to help a methodology more applicable and effective. -Song
perez@csc.ti.com (Edward Perez) (04/05/91)
-Haim Kilov writes: >>There exists a Bellcore Special Report "Information Modeling Concepts and >>Guidelines" ... obtainable by means of calling 1-800-521-CORE. The number of >>this Special Report is SR-OPT-001826. the special report haim referenced costs $40 (plus $2.50 more, maybe s/h?). the rep who took my order said they use UPS to deliver, so you will need to give a street address and NOT a po box. after i get my copy and read it, i'll post a summary. --------------------------------------------------------------------- edward roland perez internet: perez@csc.ti.com # computer science center csnet: perez%ti-csl@relay.cs.net # texas instruments, dallas phone: 214-995-0698(w) # ---------------------------------------------------------------------