Selecting an object-oriented process for student analysts

Abstract

Object-oriented (OO) concepts can be challenging for the novice. Student analysts typically have no background in information technology (IT) and lack the experience on which to build their system models. OO analysis and design (OOA&D) is also difficult where no OO programming experience exists. The Unified Modelling Language (UML) supplies a standard notation for modelling OO systems but does not specify a methodology for integrating those models to assist in system development. This paper describes the selection of an OO process for novice analysts that integrates the UML notation and provides a foundation for future specialised OO papers. It was selected to reinforce the concept of objects collaborating to solve problems.