02-06-2012, 01:39 PM
CASE tools
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CASE tools: Automated Diagram Support
Checks for syntactic correctness
Data dictionary support
Checks for consistency and completeness
Navigation to linked diagrams
Layering
Requirements traceability
Automatic report generation
System simulation
Performance analysis
CASE tools: Software construction and maintenance
Code generators
…Generate code from the design model…
Think of the advantages!
…may also generate database schemata…
Maintenance tools
Reverse Engineering
Analysis of program code
CASE tools: Advantages
Help standardization of notations and diagrams
Help communication between development team members
Automatically check the quality of the A&D models
Reduction of time and effort
Enhance reuse of models or models’ components
CASE tools: Disadvantages
Limitations in flexibility of documentation
May lead to restriction to the tool’s capabilities
Major danger: completeness and syntactic correctness does NOT mean compliance with requirements
Costs associated with the use of the tool: purchase + training