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k obo systems (IS) or- application-generation cycle. schemu definitions. 'Fhu remalning por task falls on the shoulders of program
: — ganizations -re- As shown-in the diagram, non-inte- tions of the-applicatlon—inehuding the managers, who rely on manual] tech-
z RE "tool throughout  :grated CASE tools consist of planning, speciflcatloty o£ custom procedural nigues to get the job done. |
si the 1990s, com- analysis and design workbenches, a de- loyle—-nuat. be coded by hand uslng un 'V'o fill in this hole, many non-integrat:
| g' Z puter-aided soft: sign analyzer and a local repository. The other produ, such ax (X MOL. ed GASE tools Incarporale a bridge to
hi: ware engineering workbenches are used to enter design When portlons o£ uji uppllentlon uro un external code generalor, as shown in
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gaj tools koča sem (eni Components of A Non Integtateci CASE Too! fy und generale procedural logic; Team-
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MARTIN EV opolča > ž ween Potentialiy Incompatible Keposltovles h HARI 'The primary difficulty of this ap-
dons bv hand, IS Other hardware platlorm mnenja ir mad oo opronch is that, once ugnin, it results in
organizations: | NEK PETA NA Te (ho erenllon of two reposilories—design |
will become increasingly dependent on ' Rai Nana | s S Informotlom contalned in £he repository ]
integrated CASE (LCASE) tools to gen- Prtemal pode galotatoj Eiho CAH tool, nad the procedural |
erate code automatically from high-level generator | ropnullory viala or dutubano sehemna generated by il
designa specifications. ze nare (hu axtornal tool, i
There are only a handful of I-CASE | | 'Vha now urehlleciure of integrated | |
tools available today. Since the technolo- ('AHIS tools solves (his problem. These ||
py is still in its early stages, these tools ' prenhicia HO U sliuglo reposilory that is |
ekipe zni ne a ac SDSS M/ Pi RAJA wlih both the front:
bility features, as well as the abili na! | GREJE rate A TERA ra eti end design facililles. nack-el |
support C code, create real:time lice! | : | srake oo spol o Tn k ok ue sebe
tions and generate applications that can rumu 4 cole ar seronna, o£ generaling entire applications from |
ANE nuxitarget environiminis ai dej repository. J > Č—. , dalabaso design specifications. The result is that
sei tools have their roots in the ——— oni, deliniilona they provide the greatest return to the |
] zamik ME SEAN that oi in me | Ra ah | EO for an investment in CASE |
id-1970s. Users manually createdand "MP? Pa m — <<< NO!OBY. |
maintained paper stacks of data-flow - masi | z ata... N mW — Next week, I will discuss the compo- |
and decomposition diagrams. After a -]— Planner Analysis Partial code | o nents of LCAŠE tools in more detail and
while, it became exceedingly difficult to | workbench workbench generator | the significance of these products in re-
obe. diagrams current and to verify sd | o — TETO | | ii tooling IS.H
consistency across diagram types. | |
Enter the early generation of CASE The concepts embodied in this article
Ee ue pički automated the ana a: the H No ae poda
production and maintenance of these u Anin — Technology volume in The James Mar-
structured diagrams. The "CASE pio- specifications, in graphical form, int ste | tin Report Series. For more informa-
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necro tools permitted data-flow, decom- the local repository. The design analyzer  positories of en ei a Ri GR (966. Pop peoteka Šen Se oe
position and entity-relationship dia- checks the specifications for logical con- ated: a local repository (lu! ( TONI SAO RAJA information on semunars,
grams to be sketched on the face of the  . sistency and completeness. stores non-procedural A: | MY kadi y contact (in the United States and Can-
PC. Later, they were expanded to incor- . Several leading non-integrated tools— AE K ; ah pie (k 5 ada) Tochnology Transfer Institute,
porale automated technigues that veri: such as Excelerator from Index Technolo- sis and desiyn orkbSj Ole Ho RUM Gi ZO ne Santa Monica, Calif,
o, ihe consistency and completeness of gy, CASE"Method from Oracle Corp. and pository that houseslika | salon ; Ii DO102 (213) 3948305. In Europe, con.
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