Description

Class lectures introduce the fundamentals of object-oriented analysis and design. Lab work illustrates the application of object-oriented concepts to "real world" problems using common methodology techniques like use-cases/scenarios, responsibility-driven design, and object modeling. In addition, this course is available with the following notations: BOOCH, OMT, UML (Unified Modeling Language), or others.

If needed, this course can be taught in conjunction with one of the following design tools: StP (Software thru Pictures), Rational Rose, Paradigm Plus, or others.

Audience

Managers, analysts, designers, implementers, and others wishing to enhance their knowledge of object-oriented design.

Prerequisite

Introduction to Object-Oriented Design or equivalent experience.

Objectives

Students will be able to:

• discuss the need for object-oriented design
• understand the limitations of object-oriented design
• recognize object-oriented terms and concepts
• track the object-oriented development process
• create use-cases and scenarios
• find objects and classes
• model class and object relationships
• design consistent and sufficient object interfaces
• distribute responsibilities throughout the system
• understand inheritance and identify inheritance relationships
• recognize patterns of design
• measure the quality of an abstraction