Donald Firesmith Books in Order

A detailed guide to moving from requirements analysis into logical design using object-oriented principles. Firesmith focuses on software engineering practice, helping readers turn messy problems into structured models and designs.

One of Firesmith's earliest books, this is a practical overview of object-oriented development in a professional setting. It looks at methods, standards, and procedures teams can use to bring more discipline to software projects.

A desk reference for the language of object technology. With thousands of terms and cross-references, it gives developers, analysts, and managers a shared vocabulary for object-oriented methods, tools, and standards.

Using a full Java application as its example, this book walks through object-oriented development from requirements and design to implementation and testing with the OPEN method. It is part tutorial, part end-to-end process reference.

This guide introduces the OPEN Modeling Language as a way to model object-oriented systems clearly across analysis and design. It focuses on shared notation, consistent modeling, and the practical needs of development teams.

A detailed reference manual for the OPEN Modeling Language, explaining the notation and rules behind this object-oriented development language. It is written for modelers and tool builders who need precision and consistency.

An introduction to the OPEN Process Framework, a method for tailoring development processes to fit a project's needs. It helps teams build software and systems with more structure, reuse, and consistency.

Firesmith and his coauthors present a framework for building project-specific methods for system architecture work. It is aimed at architects and process engineers who need a disciplined way to plan tasks, work products, and quality concerns.

This technical guide focuses on the hard job of defining safety and security requirements for software-intensive systems. It connects requirements work with hazards, threats, and the decisions needed to make complex systems more dependable.

A practical catalog of testing mistakes that repeatedly sink software and systems projects. Firesmith explains how to spot common pitfalls, understand their causes and consequences, and prevent them before they damage quality and schedules.

When giant holes appear in the Alaskan tundra, geology professor Jack Oswald joins a research team to investigate. Their scientific expedition turns into a nightmare when the craters become gateways for ravenous demonic aliens.

Jack Oswald, Angela Menendez, and Aileen O'Shannon race 350 miles down Alaska's Dalton Highway with demonic invaders close behind. Survival means staying ahead of the horde long enough to reach Fairbanks and warn the world.

After his mother's death, Matt Mitchell is uprooted to a small Indiana town and bullied at his new school. When the supposedly witchy family next door enters his life, grief, mystery, and magic begin to change everything.

Firesmith argues that systems which build and run real-time simulations of themselves and their surroundings are conscious in a meaningful sense. It is a compact, provocative look at AI, sentience, and why even autonomous vehicles might count.

This collection gathers science fiction stories about memory, AI, time travel, climate catastrophe, and other near-future dilemmas. Each piece plays with big ideas while keeping the human cost close at hand.

Periwinkle, a clever young pixie, explores the Enchanted Forest in 26 gentle bedtime stories. Her adventures celebrate friendship, kindness, nature, and the small acts of courage that help others.