RESEARCH ON ITERATIVE CREATION OF OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE

NEW AND INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ARE NEEDED TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY AND ENHANCE RELIABILITY. OBJECT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT OFFERS THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR ACHIEVING THESE GOALS. HOWEVER, OBJECT-ORIENTED TECHNIQUES HAVE NOT BEEN WIDELY APPLIED ACROSS ALL STAGES OFTHE DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLE AND OBJECT-ORIENTED CASE TOOLS ARENOT WIDELY AVAILABLE. A SIMPLE METHODOLOGY, BASED UPON OBJECT-ORIENTED TECHNIQUES AND SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EVOLUTION IS NEEDED. IT IS PROPOSED THAT A SERIES OF BUILDING BLOCKS BE DEVELOPED THAT CAN BE USED TO INCREMENTALLY CONSTRUCT A PROTOTYPE ENVIRONMENT WHICH SUPPORTS OBJECT-ORIENTED, ITERATIVE DEVELOPMENT. TO DEVELOPTHESE BUILDING BLOCKS, THE USE OF EXISTING OBJECT-ORIENTED TOOLS AND A SPIRAL LIFECYCLE IN WHICH SEVERAL PROTOTYPE ENVIRONMENTS ARE DEVELOPED IS PROPOSED. THUS, THE PROPOSED PHASE I AND II EFFORTS AIM TO EVOLVE OBJECT-ORIENTED TECHNOLOGY AND SPIRAL DEVELOPMENT SO THAT A PRODUCTION QUALITY, HIGH PRODUCTIVITY ENVIRONMENT CAN ULTIMATELY BE PRODUCED.