Migrating to Object Technology [Hardcover]

Ian Graham (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1995

Given that many commercial organizations have decided to adopt object technology, practitioners are faced with the problem of how to get from where they are now to where they want to be, and must often work out a migration strategy which will protect their existing investments. The prime objective of this book is to present such a strategy. It is based on research into literature on object technology, but more importantly, on the author's own research and practical involvement with organizations facing exactly this migration problem in the context of specific projects. The book also contains additional material continuing on from Object Oriented Methods and takes a more detailed look at SOMA method of object-oriented analysis. As a guide to good practice, it places a strong emphasis on standards, following the existing and projected standards of the Object Management Group where applicable, and recommending others in areas such as expert systems and HCI.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 552 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub (Sd); Har/Dskt edition (January 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201593890
• ISBN-13: 978-0201593891
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,437,211 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A hideous book on object oriented analysis and design, December 30, 2006

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This review is from: Migrating to Object Technology (Hardcover)

I used this book in an OOA&D class I took several years ago, and it taught me absolutely nothing. The ideas are not organized in any particular order, there are no examples or illustrations of what the author is trying to convey, and there is some absolutely worthless software distributed with the book that is so useless you'll believe you're doing something wrong until you realize it is of such limited usefulness that it is basically an Excel spreadsheet with a poorly designed user interface.

This book was so useless to me that when the class was over, rather than donate it to a library or a friend, or just keep it for further reference, I instead decided to throw it in the garbage. This was because:

(a) I wouldn't want to burden the library or another human being with such a useless book.

(b) If I kept it, it would be taking up valuable space on my bookshelf.

Instead, allow me to recommend "Head First Object Oriented Analysis and Design" just recently published by O'Reilly and Associates. One reason I delayed writing this review was that I wanted to have something to guide people toward - such as the O'Reilly book - versus just ranting about how bad this book is.

P.S - On further review, I must apologize to the makers of Excel. Their spreadsheets are much more useful and versatile than the software included in this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The only Business Design Tool for OT anywhere, May 12, 1999

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This review is from: Migrating to Object Technology (Hardcover)

I acquired the book through a random read of available titles at Amazon.com and have been very glad of it. The case tool accompanying the book, while not capable of providing reports, provides an excellent structure for acquiring the business structure information in an Object Oriented approach. I've not found any other tool to match it. Even Rational Rose reccomends MS Word to capture this information, which is patently ridiculous.

The text is highly informative, providing an extensive background for the growth to Object Technology from the procedural methods and relational databases of the past. He provides a variety of benefits to help sell management on the need to migrate to Object development.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Full review of object technology and OOT life cycles, December 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Migrating to Object Technology (Hardcover)

This work has become my bible of OOT because it covers the area so well. But there is much in the work, and requires several reads and study to appreciate its contents. Though the work was published in 1995 (I'm writing in 1998), I find it more valuable now than when originally published.