Structured analysis and object-oriented design are compatible

  • Authors:
  • Ken Shumate

  • Affiliations:
  • Hughes Aircraft Company, Software Engineering Division, PO Box 3310, Bldg. 618, MS B223, Fullerton, CA

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGAda Ada Letters
  • Year:
  • 1991

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Abstract

Some form or other of object-oriented design has become common, even standard, for the design of Ada programs. Some form or other of structured analysis is and has long been standard for the specification of software requirements. Recent discussions in the software development community advocate object-oriented analysis as being preferable to structured analysis, especially for Ada software development; such discussions further assert that structured analysis and object-oriented design are incompatible. Others have argued for the effectiveness of combined use of the two methods. The topic has become controversial.It is the thesis of this paper that structured analysis is a desirable way to specify software requirements, and that structured analysis and object-oriented design are compatible and work effectively together.