DEV475 Mastering Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with UML ...

Module 2 - Concepts of Object OrientationStrengths of Object TechnologyStrengths of Object Technology• Provides a single paradigm• A single language used by users, analysts, designers,and implementers• Facilitates architectural and code reuse• Models more closely reflect the real world• More accurately describes corporate entities• Decomposed based on natural partitioning• Easier to understand and maintain• Provides stability• A small change in requirements does not mean massivechanges in the system under development• Is adaptive to changeMastering Object Oriented Analysis and Design with UMLCopyright © 2003 Rational Software, all rights reserved 5• The UML represents a convergence of Best Practices throughout the objecttechnologyindustry. It provides a consistent language that can be applied to bothsystem and business engineering.• Object technology can help a company change its systems almost as fast as thecompany itself changes.2 - 5