"While a small domain (consisting of fifty or fewer objects) can generally be analyzed as a unit, large domains must be partitioned to make the analysis a manageable task. To make such a partitioning, we take advantage of the fact that objects on an information model tend to fall into clusters: groups of objects that are interconnected with one another by many relationships. By contrast, relatively few relationships connect objects in different clusters. When partitioning a domain, we divide the information model so that the clusters remain intact... Each section of the information model then becomes a separate subsystem. Note that when the information model is partitioned into subsystems, each object is assigned to exactly one subsystem."
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p. 145; as cited in: The Object Agency, Inc. (1995) "A Comparison of Object-Oriented Development Methodologies"
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Sally Shlaer
Sally Shlaer (December 3, 1938 - November 12, 1998) was an American mathematician, software engineer and methodologist, known as co-developer of the 1980s Shlaer-Mellor method for software development.
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