CASE, software process maturity (SPM) and the Capability Maturity Model (CMM)

Many organisations, including some of the largest ones, have moved away from `all-singing all dancing´ CASE solutions to `budget´ CASE tools providing support for only a fraction of their total software development activities. Other organisations are focusing their efforts on the software process and how to increase its maturity. Key issues for them are how it can be defined, measured, improved and eventually automated. Are these two `philosophies´, CASE and process, mutually exclusive alternatives or can thoughtful organisations put CASE and process together to get real benefits? This paper contends that they can and will look at the relationships between CASE and process and explore the issues surrounding the question of whether one needs advanced maturity for CASE or CASE for advanced maturity