AS/NZS 14102:1998

Information technology - Guideline for evaluation and selection of CASE tools

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1 - AS/NZS 14102:1998 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - GUIDELINE FOR EVALUATION AND SELECTION OF CASE TOOLS
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
9 - 1 Scope
11 - 2 Normative references
12 - 3 Definitions and acronyms
12 - 3.1 Definitions
12 - 3.1.1 assessment:
12 - 3.1.2 atomic subcharacteristic:
12 - 3.1.3 CASE tool:
12 - 3.1.4 characteristic:
12 - 3.1.5 measurement:
13 - 3.1.6 metric:
13 - 3.1.7 rating:
13 - 3.1.8 rating level:
13 - 3.1.9 Software Engineering Environment:
13 - 3.2 Acronyms
14 - 4 Overview of evaluation and selection of CASE tools
14 - 4.1 Initiation process
15 - 4.2 Structuring process
15 - 4.3 Evaluation process
16 - 4.4 Selection process
16 - 4.5 General process considerations
16 - 4.5.1 Sequencing of processes
17 - 4.5.2 Reducing cost and risk
18 - 5 Initiation process
18 - 5.1 Goal setting
19 - 5.2 Establishing selection criteria
20 - 5.3 Project planning and control
21 - 6 Structuring process
21 - 6.1 Requirements definition
21 - 6.1.1 Organizational information gathering
22 - 6.1.2 Requirements identification
23 - 6.1.3 Requirements structuring
24 - 6.2 CASE tool information gathering
24 - 6.3 Identifying final candidate CASE tools
26 - 7 Evaluation process
26 - 7.1 Preparing for evaluation
27 - 7.2 Evaluating CASE tools
27 - 7.2.1 Measurement
28 - 7.2.2 Rating
28 - 7.2.3 Assessment
29 - 7.3 Evaluation reporting
31 - 8 Selection process
31 - 8.1 Preparing for selection
31 - 8.2 Applying the selection algorithm
32 - 8.3 Recommending a selection decision
32 - 8.4 Validating the selection decision
33 - 9 CASE tool characteristics
33 - 9.1 Functionality - characteristics related to life-cycle processes.
34 - 9.1.1 Characteristic: Management Process
34 - 9.1.2 Characteristic: Development Process
38 - 9.1.3 Characteristic: Maintenance Process
39 - 9.1.4 Characteristic: Documentation Process
39 - 9.1.5 Characteristic: Configuration Management Process
40 - 9.1.6 Characteristic: Quality Assurance Process
41 - 9.1.7 Characteristic: Verification Process
42 - 9.1.8 Characteristic: Validation Process
44 - 9.2 Functionality - characteristics related to CASE tool usage.
44 - 9.2.1 Characteristic: Environment in which the CASE tool operates.
45 - 9.2.2 Characteristic: CASE tool integrability.
47 - 9.2.3 Characteristic: Aspects of the CASE tool's application.
48 - 9.3 General quality characteristics
48 - 9.3.1 Characteristic: Functionality
49 - 9.3.2 Characteristic: Reliability
49 - 9.3.3 Characteristic: Usability
51 - 9.3.4 Characteristic: Efficiency
52 - 9.3.5 Characteristic: Maintainability
52 - 9.3.6 Characteristic: Portability
53 - 9.4 General characteristics not related to quality
53 - 9.4.1 Characteristic: Acquisition Process
54 - 9.4.2 Characteristic: Implementation
54 - 9.4.3 Characteristic: Support Indicators
55 - 9.4.4 Characteristic: Evaluation or Certification
56 - Annex A - Considerations on the use of this International Standard
56 - A.1 What is the scope of the CASE tool search?
56 - A.2 To what extent can existing evaluations be used?
57 - A.3 Other considerations
58 - Annex B - Examples of selection algorithms
58 - B.1 Considerations in assigning weights
58 - B.2 Types of algorithms
59 - B.3 Cost-based algorithms
59 - B.4 Example of the application of a cost-based algorithm
60 - B.5 Score and rank-based algorithms
61 - B.6 Profile algorithms
61 - B.7 Other applicable algorithms
63 - Annex C - Bibliography

Abstract

Specifies the processes and activities to be applied to the evaluation of CASE tools and selecting the most appropriate CASE tools from several candidates. This Standard is identical with, and has been reproduced from, ISO/IEC 14102:1995.

Scope

This International Standard deals with the evaluation and selection of CASE tools, covering a partial or full portion of the software engineering life cycle. It establishes processes and activities to be applied for the evaluation of CASE tools and selecting the most appropriate CASE tools from several candidates. These processes are generic, and organizations must tailor them to meet organizational needs. The CASE tool evaluation and selection processes should be viewed in the larger context of the organization's technology adoption process.
This International Standard provides:
a. Guidance on identifying organizational requirements for CASE tools.
b. Guidance on mapping those requirements to CASE tool characteristics to be evaluated.
c. A process for selecting the most appropriate CASE tool from several tools, based on measurements of the defined characteristics.
Primary users of this International Standard are organizations that intend to adopt CASE tools to support their software life cycle processes. CASE tool suppliers may also use this International Standard to describe characteristics of their CASE tools.
This International Standard is not intended to apply to:
a. Software engineering frameworks whose purpose is to provide mechanisms for data, control and presentation integration.
b. General purpose tools (e.g., word processors, spreadsheets) which may be used in software engineering activities, nor CASE tools of very narrow scope or specific purpose (e.g., a compiler).
c. Planning for the implementation of CASE tools within an organization (even though it is recognized that this is an important subject).
NOTE - A user of this International Standard may make the best possible selection of a CASE tool and have no guarantee of a successful implementation. ISO/IEC JTC1 SC7 WG4 is working on a draft technical report, Adoption of CASE Tools, which addresses this subject.
This International Standard contains a set of processes, activities, and tasks designed to be tailored. The tailoring process is the selection of applicable processes, activities and tasks.
Compliance with this International Standard is defined as the performance of the processes, activities, and tasks selected from this International Standard for the evaluation and selection project. Any organization imposing this International Standard as a condition of trade is responsible for specifying the minimum set of required processes, activities, and tasks which constitute compliance for a given application of this International Standard. Defining and documenting that specification forms part of the initiation process (clause 5).