The KEY Approach: Integrating Object-oriented Design and Formal Verification Authors: Wolfgang Ahrendt, Thomas Baar, Bernhard Beckert, Martin Giese, Elmar Habermalz, Reiner Hähnle, Wolfram Menzel, Peter H.Schmitt ___________________________________________________________________________ This paper reports on the ongoing KeY project aimed at bridging the gap between (a) object-oriented software engineering methods and tools and (b) deductive verification. A distinctive feature of our approach is the use of a commercial CASE tool enhanced with functionality for formal specification and deductive verification.