Acknowledgments

I am deeply indebted to the works of Steve Mellor and Sally Shlaer, whose methodology is the basis of MBD. They pioneered the translation approach to software development and provided the much-needed design rigor for OOA models. In addition, Steve Mellor is the best OO modeler I’ve ever encountered, and his examples have been marvelously instructive.

I am equally indebted to Rebecca Wirfs-Brock for her incredibly detailed and insightful reviews of the manuscripts.

Pathfinder Solutions provided a fertile testing ground for ideas. Greg Eakman, Carolyn Duby, and Peter Fontana were particularly supportive.

I would also like to acknowledge the remarkable patience and faith of Chris Guzikowski and Raina Chrobak at Addison-Wesley. I ...

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