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The ups and downs of object-oriented systems development
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Shannon Brown
Objective quantification of the benefits of object-oriented systems development is an elusive metric despite over a decade of object- oriented development experiences. Using survey research methodologies, Johnson presents a concise, preliminary assessment of the advantages of object-oriented development. The article summarizes the findings of a mail survey conducted with experienced object-oriented developers and with experienced non-object-oriented developers. The survey attempted to identify the beliefs of the developers by asking survey respondents to rate feelings toward object-oriented advantages and disadvantages. The author explicitly acknowledges the limitations of the survey methodology and cautions against drawing conclusive results from the survey, but general trends were revealed. The most interesting conclusions cited by the author are that both object- oriented and non-object-oriented developers consistently acknowledge the general benefits of object-oriented methodologies and downplay the disadvantages of object-oriented methodologies—only the degree of belief varies between the groups. As a survey research report, the article is essentially a brief and concise review of the data gathered from the survey. The article and underlying survey are not, as the author acknowledges, a comprehensive treatment of the topic, and no finite conclusions were obtained from the study. Since the survey simply rated subjective beliefs held by the respondents, the analysis is not intended to quantify benefits based on objective metrics. The survey methodology itself, a mail study, may have biased the responses, as the author acknowledges—with people more interested in object-oriented development being more likely to respond to the unsolicited survey request. In spite of its limitations, the article does serve as a basis for future work in the field. Online Computing Reviews Service
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