It's interesting to watch certain technologies evolve from experimentation, to pilot projects carried out by a few pioneering companies, and gradually into mainstream status. We've seen this occur, over the years, with relational database technology, structured methods, CASE technology, and object-oriented technology.
About The Author
Ed Yourdon was cofounder, with Karen Coburn, of Cutter Consortium. Ed served as Fellow of the Cutter Business Technology Council, and Founding Editor and Editor Emeritus of the Cutter IT Journal. He chaired Cutter's Summit for many years. Mr. Yourdon is widely known as the lead developer of the structured analysis/design methods of the 1970s. He was a codeveloper of the Yourdon/Whitehead method of object-oriented (OO) analysis/design and the… Read More
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