The role of complexity in object-oriented systems development

Author

Kalakota, Ravi ; Rathnam, Sukumar ; Whinston, Andrew B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Manage. Sci. & Inf. Syst., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

5-8 Jan 1993

Firstpage

759

Abstract

The authors discuss the underlying principles of the object-oriented paradigm and their impact on software complexity. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of object-oriented methodology it is important to understand and evaluate its impact on software quality and programmer productivity. The authors propose a model where the impact of software complexity on abstract constructs such as software quality and productivity can be studied in object-oriented software development. It is concluded that the underlying concepts of object-oriented computing are sound and reduce complexity if applied correctly

Keywords

object-oriented programming; software metrics; software quality; abstract constructs; object-oriented methodology; object-oriented paradigm; object-oriented software development; programmer productivity; software complexity; software quality; underlying principles; Application software; Costs; Environmental management; Information management; Management information systems; Object oriented modeling; Productivity; Programming profession; Software maintenance; Software quality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 1993, Proceeding of the Twenty-Sixth Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wailea, HI

Print_ISBN

0-8186-3230-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1993.284262

Filename

284262