A comparative analysis of feature-oriented development (fod) with object-oriented development (ood) in software engineering

The objective of this thesis is to compare the Feature-Oriented Development (FOD) with Object-Oriented Development (OOD) on a case problem. Employing the features in software engineering has become quite popular recently with the emerging tools and techniques. FOD is used within a context in this thesis as partitioning an application domain in terms of ?features? yielded by Feature-Oriented Domain Analysis, and then managing them through a relevant software process model known as Feature-Driven Development (FDD). The conventional FDD approach makes use of classical objects to implement features. Whereas, features can also be implemented by means of a dedicated programming model, i.e. Feature-Oriented Programming, to treat the features as first class entities. However, the FOD vision in this study proposes another model for expressing and implementing the features in terms of ?business processes?, ?business rules?, and ?business services?. The thesis will examine and evaluate the processes, analysis of the performance, time management, and other relevant issues of FOD in comparison specifically with OOD. Eventually, the advantages and disadvantages of FOD will be summarized with respect to other related development methodologies.