Acknowledgments | |
Foreword | |
Introduction | |
Critical Success Factors for CASE | |
Information Systems Development | p. 3 |
The Current State of Information Systems Development | p. 4 |
Information Systems and CASE | p. 6 |
What is CASE? | p. 7 |
Critical Success Factors for CASE | p. 11 |
Appropriate, Properly Applied Human Resources | p. 16 |
CASE Tools | p. 21 |
Definition of CASE Tools | p. 21 |
A Value-Based CASE Tool Taxonomy | p. 22 |
How CASE Tools are Purchased and Used | p. 30 |
How CASE Tools fit in with the Other CASE CSFs | p. 31 |
CASE Tool Trade-Offs | p. 36 |
CASE Methodologies | p. 43 |
The Methodology Market | p. 45 |
How CASE-Based Methodologies Fit in with the Other CASE CSFs | p. 46 |
Major Methodology Issues | p. 49 |
Ten Common Methodology Land Mines, and How to Avoid Them | p. 55 |
Factors to Consider When Choosing a CASE-Based Methodology | p. 61 |
Customizing and Enhancing a CASE Methodology | p. 63 |
A CASE-Compatible Culture | p. 65 |
How Culture Fits in with the Other CASE CSFs | p. 66 |
Application Developer Cultural Shifts | p. 82 |
User Cultural Shifts | p. 83 |
Management Cultural Changes | p. 83 |
Human Resources | p. 85 |
Human Resources and Other CASE CSFs | p. 85 |
Skills, Competencies, and CASE Participants | p. 86 |
Skills, Competencies, and the Roles of CASE | p. 92 |
Staffing CASE-Based Development Projects | p. 95 |
Team and Management Continuity | p. 102 |
Appropriate Expectations for CASE | p. 105 |
Expectations Management and the Other CASE CSFs | p. 106 |
Expectations and the CASE Application Development Cycle | p. 106 |
CASE Expectations and the Organization | p. 113 |
Expectations, Facilities, and Support Requirements | p. 120 |
CASE Initiatives and Expectations | p. 121 |
Utilizing CASE | |
Using CASE for Information Systems Planning | p. 125 |
Types of CASE-Based Planning | p. 125 |
CASE-Based Strategic Planning | p. 127 |
CSFs for CASE-Based Strategic Planning | p. 135 |
CASE-Based Tactical Planning | p. 141 |
Using CASE for Analysis | p. 145 |
What CASE-Based Analysis Is | p. 146 |
Business Modeling | p. 154 |
How Much Analysis Is Required? | p. 163 |
The Six CSFs for CASE-Based Analysis | p. 165 |
Using CASE for Design and Construction | p. 171 |
What ADW and IEF Design and Construction Do | p. 172 |
Where ADW- and IEF-Based Design and Construction Fit In | p. 175 |
Differences between CASE-Based and Traditional Design and Construction | p. 177 |
Productivity, Generated Code, and Why No One Should Look at It | p. 179 |
CASE-Based Component Reuse | p. 181 |
Reverse Engineering Older Applications into CASE-Based Models | p. 185 |
Five CSFs for ADW- and IEF-Based Design and Construction | p. 187 |
Strategies and Techniques for Success with CASE | |
CASE-Related Risk | p. 193 |
Risk and the CASE Technology Life Cycle | p. 193 |
Technology Risk | p. 196 |
Modeling and Coordination Risk | p. 200 |
CASE-Related Business Risk | p. 203 |
CASE Project Risk | p. 206 |
CASE-Related People Risk | p. 208 |
Managing a CASE-Based Project | p. 211 |
Fundamental Differences and Management Implications | p. 212 |
CASE Project Management Begins before the Project Starts | p. 216 |
Management Issues and Strategies for ADW and IEF Projects | p. 223 |
A Troubleshooting Guide for ADW and IEF Projects | p. 232 |
Introducing CASE | p. 233 |
Understanding the People Issues and Their Impact | p. 234 |
Communications and Change Management | p. 238 |
A Viable CASE Training Program | p. 245 |
A Pilot Program with Early, Demonstrable Success | p. 248 |
What CASE Does and How to Measure It | p. 253 |
How CASE Affects Productivity | p. 254 |
What CASE Does to the Quality of Information Systems | p. 259 |
How CASE Can Influence Information Technology Business Effectiveness | p. 267 |
Conclusions | p. 268 |
Index | p. 271 |
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