The potEntial of object-oriented technology (DOT) to ease the problems of complexity, maintenance costs and reuse is now being realised for large systems. DOT is now recognised as a technique for "serious" software engineering, such that the number of commercial products built using DOT is on the increase. A significant amount of research and commercial activity in the object-oriented database field is seen as another sign of the importance of the 00 paradigm. The Object Management Group (OMG) has produced an object model which is acceptable to over 100 companies world-wide.DOT is sufficiently important for it to be included in every undergraduate curriculum. Introducing students to the object paradigm within traditional computing and information systems courses is a difficult task. There is a need to choose a suitable language that supports objects (OOPL) and/or the need to teach an 00 analysis and design method appropriate for the newer paradigm. The timing for these is crucial and discussed in the paper.However the paper focuses on the choice of method, which, given the plethora of 00 methods on the market, is not easy. Criteria for assessing methods for teaching are given, together with an evaluation for two well known methods. The potEntial of two recent "hopeful" methods is assessed and guidelines given for using methods within the curriculum.
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