ORIENTMAN - AN INTELLIGENT TUTOR FOR THE ORIENT SOFTWARE-DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY

The paper presents ORIENTMAN, an Intelligent Tutoring System that teac hes the ORIENT methodology for object-oriented analysis and design, Th is methodology has already been implemented in the ORIENT CASE toolset , which was designed to support and automate the system development pr ocess using a complete (from analysis to construction-generation) obje ct-oriented approach, ORIENTMAN has been developed using GENITOR, an I TS generator that supports the design, implementation, evaluation and revision of ITSs that specialise in methodology training. It is a stan d-alone training application that combines the features of a computer coach and a gaming environment in simulation based training, It guides the trainees through a three-stage training cycle: the first stage tr ains them, with the use of an expert system, in the structure of the O RIENT methodology; the second stage presents, under the control of ano ther expert system, supporting and explanatory information on the appl ication of the methodology; and the third stage supports the self-eval uation of the acquired skills, ORIENTMAN has already been put in use, with encouraging results, as a companion training tool that will help ORIENT users in understanding and applying the ORIENT methodology.