The paper discusses the general purpose of analysis and evaluates OOA with respect to this, arguing that OOA does not deliver what it claims to do. The two major problems are that OOA often does not meet the full needs of the analysis phase, and that the transition to design is not always as easy as promised. The last point is illustrated by a solution to the OOPSLA conference registration problem. Due to the mentioned shortcomings, OOA/OOD was not found sufficient for forming the basis of a common development methodology for three Norwegian software producers in a technology transfer project with our university. The suggestion made is that OOA should become problem-oriented rather than target-oriented

Article Free Access Share on A discussion of On the Purpose of Object-Oriented Analysis Authors: Dave Thomas Object Technology International Object Technology InternationalView Profile , Adele Goldberg ParcPlace Systems ParcPlace SystemsView Profile , James Coplien Bell Labs Bell LabsView Profile , Peter Coad Apple, Inc. Apple, Inc.View Profile , Geir Magne Høydalsvik Univ. of Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway Univ. of Trondheim, Trondheim, NorwayView Profile Authors Info & Claims OOPSLA '93: Proceedings of the eighth annual conference on Object-oriented programming systems, languages, and applicationsOctober 1993Pages 256–258https://doi.org/10.1145/165854.165899Published:01 October 1993Publication History 1citation664DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations1Total Downloads664Last 12 Months15Last 6 weeks2 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF