Trends and developments in CASE and structured methods: a European perspective

Author

Hardy, C. ; Edwards, H. ; Thompson, J.B.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Syst., Sunderland Univ., UK

fYear

1997

fDate

11-15 Aug 1997

Firstpage

270

Lastpage

273

Abstract

There is a close association between many current CASE tools and structured methods. Both technologies offer benefits to developers, but unfortunately they are not as widely used as they might be. Possible reasons for this are reported which have been deduced from an analysis of replies to two surveys carried out in the 1990´s of computer users in the UK. A possible resolution to the situation is suggested through the use of metaCASE tools; however, existing paradigms do not go far enough to resolve the problem. It is argued that it is possible to take advantage of existing models to provide a more holistic approach to the engineering of methods

Keywords

computer aided software engineering; software tools; structured programming; technology transfer; CASE; CASE tools; computer-aided software engineering; holistic approach; metaCASE tools; methods engineering; structured methods; Collaborative software; Collaborative tools; Computer aided software engineering; Design methodology; Government; Information systems; Programming; Research initiatives;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Software and Applications Conference, 1997. COMPSAC '97. Proceedings., The Twenty-First Annual International

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

0730-3157

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8105-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPSAC.1997.624813

Filename

624813