Empirical Evaluation of CASE Tools Usage at Nokia

Authors:
Alessandro Maccari;Claudio Riva
Affiliations:
Software Technology Laboratory, Nokia Research Center, Helsinki, P.O. Box 407, FIN-00045, Finland;Software Technology Laboratory, Nokia Research Center, Helsinki, P.O. Box 407, FIN-00045, Finland
Venue:
Empirical Software Engineering
Year:
2000

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Abstract

We presentthe results of a research work targeted to understanding thedomains and consequences of CASE tools usage in Nokia. We aimto evaluate the importance of the various CASE tools features,as rated by our developers, and how well such features are implementedin currently available CASE tools. A structured questionnairewas sent to our most experienced developers and CASE users. Fromthis survey, it emerged that CASE tools support is reputed mostuseful for the following functions: graphical drawing, automaticdocumentation generation and storage of diagrams. The resultshint to a mismatch between the features required by the developersand those offered by CASE products. Further research is neededbefore more definite conclusions can be drawn.