A Review of the Suitability of Available Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) Tools for the Small Software Development Environment

Abstract

This research informally investigates the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools by a small software development organization. These tools are heralded as being productivity enhancers for software development personnel. Most of the literature discusses the generic use of this new generation of software development tools. This research effort focuses on the appropriateness os using these tools by the small software development organizations consisting of less than seven personnel. Provided in this thesis is a brief presentation of the software engineering discipline and descriptions of the CASE family of tools along with a discussion of 33 specific tools. A small software development organization model is provided and its areas of concerns are discussed. This research also performed a survey of users of current CASE products and the results from the 76 respondents are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 11, 1989
Accession Number
ADA218276

Entities

People

  • Marc L. Sims

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Engineers
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Operating Systems
  • Personnel Management
  • Software Development
  • Software Development Tools
  • Software Testing
  • Students
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Software Engineering.