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"Business Engineering With Object Technology", Taylor, 1995, 0-471-04521-7,
U$16.95
%A   David A. Taylor enterprise@engines.com
%C   22 Worchester Road, Rexdale, Ontario   M9W 9Z9
%D   1995
%G   0-471-04521-7
%I   John Wiley & Sons Inc.
%O   U$16.95 800-263-1590 800-567-4797 fax: 800-565-6802
%P   188
%T   "Business Engineering With Object Technology"
 
As far as business engineering goes, Taylor, like others before him, proposes
an integration of information systems into the corporate structure.  His "how
to" is weak, and internally contradicts itself.  (Decomposition, the
identification of types of tasks, is a bad practice in business analysis and
programming, but "chunking", the identification of groups of tasks, is a good
model to follow in business engineering and object-oriented programming.)
 
As far as object technology goes, Taylor states that classes and polymorphism
give you lots of benefits.  He doesn't explain how or why.
 
As far as the fictional "case study" presented as a model, one is reminded of
the old maxim that, in information systems, you can solve any problem given
enough time and money.  The corollary, of course, is that you will never be
given enough time and money.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995  BKBEWOTC.RVW   950816

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