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A large number of object-oriented notations emerged during that time. The
most prominent representatives are Booch by Grady Booch [5], Objectory by Ivar
Jacobson [25], and Object Modeling Technique ( OMT ) by James Rumbaugh [40].
In addition to the notation, a methodology was defi ned as well, which describes
both the approach and the application of that notation.
The phase in the early 1990s is often referred to as a blossoming of methods
or war of methods . The latter shows that there had been fi erce disputes between
the different camps. The issues had usually been hackneyed: Had I better denote a
class as a rectangle (OMT) or a cloud (Booch) ( Figure 3.1 )?
The discussions showed that the different camps has basically been agreeable,
and they eventually converged??”something practice had desperately needed. The
wide choice of notations would have caused just as large a choice of tools, training
programs, and consulting efforts, which would have translated in considerable
friction losses.
Grady Booch had been with Rational Software back then.


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