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LA SPIN Meeting Announcement
February 25, 1998
Speaker: Philippe Kruchten
Coordinator: Barry Boehm


The Rational Objectory Process

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Abstract

This presentation introduces the Rational Objectory Process. Objectory provides guidance to a development organization to ensure the production of high-quality software. This software engineering process captures man y of the best practices in modern software development in a form that is tailorable for a wide range of projects and organizations. It was originally developed in Sweden by Dr. Ivar Jacobson, centered around the concept of use case and an object-oriented design method. It has gained recognition in the software industry and has been adopted by many companies world-wide. Since 1995, Objectory has been integrated with the Rational Process, to become a controlled iterative process, focused on software archite cture, spanning the whole development life-cycle, and supported by a wide range of tools. It uses the UML notation recently adopted as a standard by the OMG.

Biography

Philippe Kruchten is Director of Process Development at Rational Software Corp. He has a diploma in mechanical engineering from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France), and a doctorate degree in computer science from the French Institute of Telecommunications, Paris (France). He has some 25 years of experience in development of large-scale software-intensive systems in the areas of telecommunication, defense, aerospace, transportation, and software development tools. His personal interests are in the area of software architecture and software design. He is currently in charge of the development of Objectory, Rational's software development process, which emphasizes the importance of software architecture design, and provides some guidance in this area. He is based in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.