Automated tools for CISD - a discussion agenda

The following discussion agenda is on Automated Tools for Contemporary Information Systems Development (CISD):

1. An introduction to Computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools
• Objectives of CASE  (re: Table 4.1 of Hoffer et al. (2002, pg. 95).)
2. The organizational forces for and against the adoption of CASE tools
3. How CASE tools are used to support systems development
• The relationship between CASE tools and the development life cycle (re: Table 4.3 of Hoffer et al. (2002, pg. 100).)
• Traditional Systems Development vs CASE-based  Development (re: Table 4.7 of Hoffer et al. (2002, pg. 101).)
4. Typical components of a CASE environment: upper CASE tools, lower CASE tools, cross-life-cycle CASE tools and the CASE repositories (re: Figure 4.9 of Hoffer et al. (2002, pg. 106).)
5. Functions of CASE tools

References

1. Hoffer, J.A., George, J.F., and Valacich, J.S. (2002) Modern Systems Analysis & Design, Prentice Hall.
2. CASE tools: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided_software_engineering