Surviving Object-oriented Projects 🆓

Avoid deep inheritance hierarchies (more than two levels is often "brittle") and prefer composition to keep the system maintainable. 4. Manage the Human Element

The most common cause of OO project failure is the "big bang" release. Surviving projects focus on: Surviving Object-Oriented Projects

Before writing a single line of code, identify the nature of your project to set realistic expectations and staffing: Avoid deep inheritance hierarchies (more than two levels

Focus on picking nouns for classes and verbs for methods to stay close to the actual business problem. Surviving Object-Oriented Projects