Fusion: a second generation object-oriented analysis and design method

The Fusion method has been developed by the Object-oriented Design Group at Hewlett Packard Laboratories, Bristol. The method builds on existing, first generation, methods, for example, Booch, OMT, and CRC, and provides a direct route from a requirements definition through to a programming language implementation. Fusion is a systematic method and has been designed for use by medium to large size teams in the industrial environment. The paper gives a short and simplified description of the method together with a brief report of its promotion both inside and outside of HP