Meta‐CASE: Is the game worth the candle?

Abstract

Abstract. The current generation of CASE (Computer Aided Software Engineer ing) tools is too inflexible to provide adequate modefling support. One of the pro posed solutions to this problem is the development of so-called CASE shells. A CASE shell is a method independent CASE tool, which may be instantiated with a specific method to become a CASE tool supporting that method. As such, a CASE shell provides complete flexibility. This paper does not address the benefits of CASE shells, as they are completely clear, but focuses on the feasibility of this concept from a theoretical as well as a practical point of view.

Managing Evolutionary Method Engineering by Method Rationale

“…The criticality of adapting, developing, and maintaining methods and related computeraided support environments is increasingly recognized as a crucial development process in its own right (Brinkkemper, 1996;Harmsen et al, 1994b;Hidding et al, 1993;Hofstede and Verhoef, 1996;Kumar and Welke, 1992;Odell, 1996;. This process --denoted widely as method engineering (ME) --is a (meta-level) systems development process applied to IS development practices and supporting tools.…”