Re: Popular Design Diagram Methods For Ada

["Marin D. Condic" <mcondic-nospam@quadruscorp.com>]

Jean-Pierre Rosen wrote:
> If that's what you want, then you should *really* have a look at HOOD. The
> leading ideas  behind the method are "separate concerns" and "manage
> complexity".
> 
Well, I've always felt that it is very important to have some sort of
overall "block diagram" of a large system so that you can talk about the
big issues. You also need some ability to keep fleshing that out with
more and more details until you can see where all the rivets and bolts
are located. Having the ability to zoom in and out to various levels of
complexity is something I've always wanted in a design tool, but in most
of the things I've looked at, this is only supported weakly. Of course
it has been a number of years since I last went through this exercise of
trying to evaluate design methodologies and tools, so maybe things have
improved some.

If I can find a document describing HOOD, I'll definitely read it over.
It sounds like you are saying the methodology itself supports a layered
view of a large system. I'm hoping that despite the name, it is not
limited to describing only Object Oriented Design, since I've got to
cover software that is not structured this way.

MDC
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