Management of object oriented development based on ranked use cases

While object orientation (OO) is advocated to give a better solution to most software engineering problems, management of OO software development itself seems to have not been firmly established yet. We extend the use of the case model to the development management of utilizing ranking information associated with each use case. This model provides strong traceability and improves the understanding of the software being developed and what the customer needs. Various measurements related to use cases can be used for progress management. The process and organizational hierarchy to establish and enhance frameworks is also proposed. Development processes which incorporate the use case model and the surrounding organizations and their roles are discussed. Case studies for mid sized, actual, real life projects were conducted and their results were favorable