Over the past years, the Object Technology community has seen the birth of a number of new technology ideas that have changed the way we do computing. These ideas have affected compiler design, analysis approaches, project management techniques, user interface design, deployment strategies and implementation tactics. But where do these ideas come from? And how do they evolve? Do they address the needs as specified by members of the Object Community? Is there a way we can nurture the introduction and assimilation of these ideas to and by the community at large? And what are the market forces that bend ideas to their will. This panel will look at new ideas in Object Technology from a variety of perspectives and will attempt to get to the heart of the way that we, as technologists, create, buy, sell and grow ideas.

Reuse is about more than sharing code. As technology, standards and ideas evolve: so do the artifacts available for reuse. Our understanding of the non-technical issues associated with reuse also progresses. This panel will look at reuse from 5 different perspectives. We will look at the reuse of design patterns and of services in a service-based, distributed architecture as examples of artifacts relatively new to the corporate world. We will also focus on the psychological factors affecting the success of reuse programs along with organizational modifications and measurement techniques that will help make reuse work. Lastly, we will take a look at how certain kinds of reuse can affect the success of a project at the user level, and what this might imply for measuring the effectiveness of our reuse programs. The audience will leave with some concrete ideas about how to implement and measure reuse program as well as new thoughts on what artifacts may be reused.

Projects using Object Oriented typically fall into one of two categories: either they are run with traditional project management techniques, or they are run by technology experts who don't use any project management techniques. This panel will attempt to give out some hints as to how to be more successful managing OO projects.Questions to be addressed include:• How is Object Oriented Project Management different? Is a paradigm shift required for project management?• What aspects of Object Oriented project management should be stressed? What are some tips, tricks or gotchas experienced by the panel members?• Does a project manager need to be more technical to lead an Object Oriented project? Should he/she have had previous experience with Object Oriented development?• What are some alternate organizational structures which would better support Object Oriented projects?• What is the nature of an Object Oriented life cycle and how is it different?• Is there a difference in techniques between different languages or between different domainsAudience members with relevant experience will be invited to sit on the panel in two guest seats.