The fusion method: a second generation object-oriented software development method

An indication of the attractiveness of the object-oriented idea can be obtained by looking at the hype around this popular approach to software engineering which was and, in many cases still is, created by both the academic and the commercial computing related media. Another indicator is the number of gurus who have emerged to advocate and praise their own method as being the panacea for mastering object-oriented technology.[...] This report investigates the validity of the authors' claim to have taken the best of the existing methods. Supposedly interesting or helpful features of some selected methods are evaluated and compared with their Fusion counterpart, if existent.