Integration Technology for CASE

Many companies realise the important contribution that software development tools can make in improving the timely delivery of high quality applications. As these companies employ advanced tools from different vendors, they realise that the tools must be used within a framework that enhances their overall effectiveness to create a whole that is more than the sum of the parts. Many companies believe that tools must work with a common repository to ensure a correct and consistent view of data by all tools contributing to project productivity and quality. Whilst this is undeniably important it is also true that integration of tools is more than having a common repository. This book on "Integration Technologies for CASE" looks at the issues faced in integrating tools and presents both an overview of products which offer these facilities and experiences of companies in employing these technologies. The papers presented in the book offer a useful insight and overview of this complex subject.