>Jamie,
>
>My answer would be no, this object is not overloaded. I base that on the question;
>
>What a schedule object need to do?
>
>1) Tell me what the schedule is for a department.
>2) Tell me what then load fo a job will be.
>3) Schedule a job.
>4) Tell me the schedule for a job.
>
>There is probably more but that seems to cover your qiestion.

Thanks - I tend to look at these things very practically ie. "If I put all of these methods in the one business object but usually only use a few of the more "light-weight" methods - am I wasting resources/performance by instantiating a large business object every time ? "

I've decided to keep it all together in the one business object for now and see how it grows ! :)

Cheers,
Jamie