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This paper considers the practical experiences of a commercial company when undertaking the move to an object oriented paradigm, and the impact that the paradigm shift has entailed, both in terms of the product quality, and the process for software development. The context for the work is outlined, in particular identifying the demanding nature of the company's product development.
A significant aspect of the move to object orientation was the selection of appropriate technologies and tools to support the development, and the adaptation of the toolsets to suite the company context. A rigorous evaluation of the move was undertaken as part of an ESSI Process Improvement Experiment—PIOJAVA, and the initial experiences of collecting process and product metrics are described.
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Theaker, C.J., Blackwood, N., Mason, R. (2000). The introduction and evaluation of object orientation in a company developing real-time embedded systems. In: Conradi, R. (eds) Software Process Technology. EWSPT 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1780. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0095026
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