Thanks, John--

I think that that was one of DF's points <s>. I find that skipping brainstorming causes problems, at least for me. Artful brainstorming is a beautiful thing: when done well, the design patterns that will be helpful should be obvious (IMHO)!

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>Oh absolutely. I know some great developers who spin their wheels trying to bring too much theory to bear on a situation. Again, I think the way you perform your analysis from OOAD to OOSE to OOP counts for a lot.