Software Patterns 

[Introduction]

The following is content of the Communications of the ACM, Special Issue on Software Patterns, Vol. 39, No. 10, October 1996.  The guest editors are: 

Douglas C. Schmidt [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_C._Schmidt] & [https://www.coursera.org/instructor/douglasschmidt]

Mohamed Fayad [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Fayad] & [http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/fayad/]

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• Fayad: Introduction to the computing surveys' electronic symposium on object-oriented application frameworks (54 Citations) as of November 25, 2022

• Fayad: Object-oriented experiences  (44 Citations) as of November 25, 2022

• Fayad: Object-Oriented Application Frameworks (1557 Citations) as of November 25, 2022

• Schmeit, Fayad, and Johnson: Software Patterns (266 Citations) as of November 25, 2022

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• Abstract

• Enterprise frameworks are a special class of application frameworks. They are distinguished from other application frameworks in terms of scale and focus. In terms of focus, application frameworks typically cover one particular aspect of an application, either a domain-dependent aspect (e.g., billing in a web-based customer-to-business ordering system), or a computational infrastructure aspect such as distribution, manmachine interface, or persistence, etc.

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OBJECT-ORIENTED
APPLICATION
FRAMEWORKS

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Computer

Guest Editors’ Introduction: Managing Object-Oriented Software Development

September 1996, pp. 26-31, vol. 29

DOI Bookmark: 10.1109/MC.1996.536780

Authors 

Mohamed E. Fayad 
Marshall Cline

Abstract

Project managers should not use the novelty of the object-oriented approach as an excuse to let software developers manage themselves. Even though project managers may be unfamiliar with the latest technical advances, they must stay involved in planning and controlling software development. Nonetheless, in many organizations developers have usurped management planning and control by convincing managers that OO is so different from other technologies that they can’t understand or control it. The long-term results of this “hyper-empowerment” are almost always unfortunate, ultimately threatening the business value of the OO approach. 1

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The stakes are increasing every day as
more companies bet on object-oriented technology for military and commercial applica-
tion development. Instead of being an academic exercise, making a commitment to use
object-oriented technology is a very serious managerial and technical decision-one
which affects careers, projects, and entire organizations.
On the positive side is the promise of higher quality and more competitive applica-
tions when used effectively [2]. Object-oriented technology (OOT) promotes a better
understanding of requirements and results in more modifiable and maintainable appli-
cations, providing other benefits such as reusability, extensibility, robustness, reliability,
and scalability. OOT promotes better teamwork, good communication among team
members, and a way to engineer reliable software systems and applications.

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Object-Oriented Application Frameworks

Mohamed Fayad
Douglas C. Schmidt

The following is the guest editorial for the Communications of the ACM, Special Issue on Object-Oriented Application Frameworks, Vol. 40, No. 10, October 1997.

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Over the past five to eight years, software has become a vital component of almost every business as well as of national economies. Almost every product or service has become software-enabled. As a result, organizations’ competitiveness is largely becoming dependent on their abilities to use software as a competitive weapon.

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EEE Software

Guest Editors' Introduction: Software Engineering in the Small

September/October 2000, pp. 75-77, vol. 17

DOI Bookmark: 10.1109/MS.2000.10047

Authors 

Mauri Laitinen 
Mohamed Fayad 
Robert Ward

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