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Is UML a good analysis formalism?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Sean Kavanagh Mar 23, 2009.

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Sean Kavanagh commented on Angelo Hulshout's blog post 'MDSD tooling index'

How about adding OOA Tool to the list. It is the only tool offering Shlaer-Mellor OOA/RD support at present (as well as Executable UML support).

Jun 21, 2009

Mike Finn left a comment for Sean Kavanagh

I lurk in the shadows like an assassin in the dark! I never lost faith but nowadays it goes under a different name. Thanks for the welcome.

Apr 23, 2009

Sean Kavanagh left a comment for Mike Finn

You seemed to have dropped off the map there for a while. Its good to see an old Shlaer-Mellor hand showing an interest again.

Apr 23, 2009

Sean Kavanagh replied to Michael Osmond's discussion 'Competitive Advantage'

A very interesting observation. It highlights the fact that using MDD simply to make a specific project more efficient or better in some way is not an end in itself. MDD only becomes a strategic advantage when a whole software department (or…

Apr 19, 2009

Sean Kavanagh replied to Sean Kavanagh's discussion 'Is UML a good analysis formalism?'

Well in my case, I use Shlaer-Mellor OOA to my analysis models, not UML. The problem with developers doing analysis while coding is that any analysis done is intertwined with design and implementation logic which hides any analysis decisions from…

Mar 23, 2009

Rui Curado replied to Sean Kavanagh's discussion 'Is UML a good analysis formalism?'

People use all sorts of shortcuts to jump directly to coding. It's human (developer) nature. Many developers just like to do analysis while coding. If the currently accepted analysis methods are fantastically complex as you said, why…

Mar 23, 2009

Is UML a good analysis formalism?

Before UML, we had OMT, Booch, Use Cases, Shlaer-Mellor etc. for capturing formal analysis models which could be shared with a team and the customers for review purposes. All of the different methods/notations were small but well defined. They could all be learned easily. Whether a particular team member had an aptitude for creating such models was another matter of course. The first three then merged to become UML while the last method was later repositioned as Executable UML. UML continued to…See More

Discussion posted by Sean Kavanagh Mar 23, 2009

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Sean Kavanagh replied to Rui Curado's discussion 'Is this community dead already, and what does that mean to MDSD?'

I agree it is far to early to condemn this site. I suspect there is too much diversity in skills/interests for the number of members at the moment and I agree with Ed Merks that the benefits of posting here are currently a lot less than posting a…

Mar 17, 2009

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My interest in Model Driven Software Development:: I'm interested in Shlaer-Mellor OOA/RD and Executable UML based development.

My experience of Model Driven Software Development:: I'm an expert on Shlaer-Mellor OOA/RD and am currently building a Shlaer-Mellor and Executable UML CASE tool. I'm also creating a new 'standard' metamodel and interchange format for Shlaer-Mellor OOA/RD along with a two-way mapping to Executable UML.

My website: http://www.ooatool.com

My blog (or equivalent): http://ooatool.blogspot.com

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At 10:18pm on April 23, 2009, Mike Finn said…: I lurk in the shadows like an assassin in the dark! I never lost faith but nowadays it goes under a different name. Thanks for the welcome.