E-MailStructured Methods and the Dead Sea Scrolls
The structured analysis/design methodologies that my colleagues and I developed in the 1970s and 1980s are often described as "obsolete" by those who advocate object-oriented methods such as UML. But in survey after survey that I conduct in software engineering seminars, I continue to find that only 20%-30% of the project teams claim to be using OO methods. So, what are all the other project teams doing? When I ask this question, I sometimes get the mumbled answer, "Well, you know, those entity-relationship diagrams and sometimes a few dataflow diagrams." But more often, I get only a shrug of the shoulders. No methodology seems to be the order of the day in many organizations, especially in those moving from RAD (Rapid Application Development) to FAD (Frantic Application Development).
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