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.