From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
object-oriented design
OOD
<programming> (OOD) A design method in which a system is modelled
as a collection of cooperating objects and individual objects
are treated as instances of a class within a class hierarchy.
Four stages can be identified: identify the classes and objects,
identify their semantics, identify their relationships and
specify class and object interfaces and implementation.
Object-oriented design is one of the stages of object-oriented
programming.
Schlaer-Mellor is one approach to OOD.
["Object-oriented analysis and design with applications",
Grady Booch, 2nd ed., pub. Benjamin/Cummings, Redwood CA,
1994].
(1997-12-07)