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CASE Last modified: Tuesday, March 04, 2003

Short for Computer Aided Software Engineering, a category of software that provides a development environment for programming teams. CASE systems offer tools to automate, manage and simplify the development process. These can include tools for: Summarizing initial requirements Developing flow diagrams Scheduling development tasks Preparing documentation Controlling software versions Developing program code Various companies offer CASE software capable of supporting some or all of these activities. While many CASE systems provide special support for object-oriented programming, the term CASE can apply to any type of software development environment.

CASE vendor list Contains an alphabetical list of CASE tool vendors, their address, home page (if available), and e-mail address. Software Engineering Archives Information archives for the comp.software-eng newsgroup, with links to FAQs, tools, standards information, newsletters, information about CASE tools. The Software Engineering Institute's CASE environments site This group develops practical techniques to help organizations integrate and adopt CASE technology. Their home page offers links to projects, available products and services, information on configuration management and software process automation, resources, and events.