CSA Group Information technology - Software engineering - Guidelines for the adoption of CASE tools (Adopted ISO/IEC TR 14471:2007, second edition, 2007-10-15)

CSA Preface Standards development within the Information Technology sector is harmonized with international standards development. Through the CSA Technical Committee on Information Technology (TCIT),Canadians serve as the Canadian Advisory Committee (CAC) on ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 on Information Technology (ISO/IEC JTC1) for the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), the ISO member body for Canada and sponsor of the Canadian National Committee of the IEC. Also, as a member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Canada participates in the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (ITU-T). Scope Since CASE adoption is a subject of the broader technology transition problem, this Technical Report addresses the adoption practices appropriate for a wide range of computing organisations. This Technical Report neither dictates nor advocates particular development standards, software processes, design methods, methodologies, techniques, programming languages, or life-cycle paradigms. This Technical Report will: - identify critical success factors (CSF); - propose a set of adoption processes; - guide successful adoption in consideration of organisational and cultural environment. The following groups are targeted as potential audiences: - CASE users; - information systems managers; - chief information officers (CIO); - CASE suppliers; - software engineering consultants; - those involved in the acquisition of CASE tools and technology. Therefore this Technical Report addresses aspects of CASE tools adoption. It is best used with ISO/IEC 14102 for CASE tool evaluation and selection. It is complementary to related ISO/IEC documents which deal with the general aspects of these topics.