Principles of CASE tool integration
Principles of CASE tool integration
Decentralised process enactment in a multi-perspective development environment
Proceedings of the 17th international conference on Software engineering
From conceptual modelling to requirements engineering
Annals of Software Engineering
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In CASE field, there is a long-standing topic, i.e. the reason that CASE tools seem to be dearly bought but sparsely used. Based on our practical experience of making and using CASE tools, we point out the reason is that today's CASE tools are actually not very much user-oriented. The factors and requirements of CASE users are not given enough consideration in the production of CASE tools. Most today's CASE tools are motivated by new paradigms and techniques in the area of software engineering. Therefore, making CASE tools are often driven by techniques, rather than by real users' needs and expectations. In this paper, we present our viewpoints on the reason why CASE tools are used below expectations. We suggest some important features that are worthy of careful consideration while producing more people-oriented and active CASE tools. We also describe some strategies for building such CASE tools.