Case* Method

Foreword Preface 1. Introduction What is a System? * System Development * Building Systems * A Staged Approach * Ease of Estimation * Top-down Approach * Cross-checking * Standard Deliverables * No Substitution for Thinking * Generic Models * Independence from Technical Change * How to Use This Book 2. Carrying Out Projects with CASE Method Overview * Target Readership * Role, Possible Job Type, Description * Use of Computer-Aided Systems Engineering (CASE) Tools * Understanding Your Project * Quality Assurance * Ready to Go 3. Strategy Stage Aims and Objectives * Description * Key Deliverables * Critical Success Factors * Approach * List of Tasks * Tasks and Deliverables * Strategy Stage Summary 4. Analysis Stage Aims and Objectives * Description * Key Deliverables * Critical Success Factors * Approach * List of Tasks * Tasks and Deliverables * Analysis Stage Summary 5. Design Stage Aims and Objectives * Description * Key Deliverables * Critical Success Factors * Approach * List of Tasks * Tasks and Deliverables * Design Stage Summary 6. Build Stage Aims and Objectives * Description * Key Deliverables * Critical Success Factors * Approach * List of Tasks * Tasks and Deliverables * Build Stage Summary 7. User Documentation Stage Aims and Objectives * Description * Key Deliverables * Critical Success Factors * Approach * List of Tasks * Tasks and Deliverables * User Documentation Stage Summary 8. Transition Stage Aims and Objectives * Description * Key Deliverables * Critical Success Factors * Approach * List of Tasks * Tasks and Deliverables * Transition Stage Summary 9. Production Stage Aims and Objectives * Description * Key Deliverables * Critical Success Factors * Approach * List of Tasks * Tasks and Deliverables * Production Stage Summary 10. Project Management and Control Introduction * Setting Up Any Project * Work Breakdown * Risk Containment * Categorization * Interviewing * Role Playing * Brainstorm Session * Cluster Analysis * Matrix Planning * Presentation * Different- sized Projects * Different Starting Points * Software Package Integration * Key Resource Management * Likely Problems * Summary 11. Quality Assurance Quality * Quality Assurance * Quality Approaches * Quality Plan * The Audit * Summary Appendix A. Summary of Tasks Appendix B. Standard Strategy Report Contents List Purpose * Standard Strategy Report Contents List Appendix C. Set of Standard Forms Appendix D. Use of Oracle CASE Tools CASE Dictionary * CASE Designer * CASE Generator * CASE Project * CASE Bridge * Overviews * Screenshots of Diagrammers * Workstation Use * Team Orientation Appendix E. Prototyping in the Business System Life Cycle Use of Prototyping Techniques * A Word of Warning Appendix F. Feedback Structure Appendix G. Checklists The System as a Whole * Strategy Study Checklist * Analysis Checklist * Design Checklist * Build Checklist Glossary Index Quotes of Note "Case Method: Tasks and Deliverables is certainly very comprehensive. There seemed to be a realistic emphasis on investing a short time up front in the Strategy stage - the lack of which often becomes the Achilles' heel for many projects. I liked the Deliverables orientation and the emphasis on quality control; and the people-sided commentary." -Ed Acly, Independent Analyst with International Data Corporation "...this book (Case Method: Tasks and Deliverables ) will be of great value when putting together a work plan; in particular, the checklist format is excellent in giving me something to work against. Such checklists... consistently enforce methodology across a wide group of people." -Rik Williams, Cogent Systems, Denver