Incorporating user requirements into object-oriented application development

The advent and growing popularity of object-oriented software design and development technologies present the user interface designer with new tools and new challenges. The use of Object-Oriented Technology (GOT) enhances the user interface designer´s ability to design graphical user interfaces while dramatically changing the role of the designer as a member of the software development team. Object-Oriented Technology attempts to map real-world problem domains into software both at the system and the user interface level. The user interface designer, as user advocate and problem domain analyst, is faced with the task of developing a user interface that can be extended to incorporate new functionality, without major interface redesign while taking on an expanded role as a member of the development team This paper discusses a software application design methodology that incorporates the analysis techniques of OOT into a method for collecting, formalizing, and embedding user requirements into software design