CASE Tools A Framework for Assessment and Evaluation

Using CASE tools is commonly regarded as necessity to enhance development productivity as well as software quality. However, the variety of commercially available tools demands a carefully planned selection process to identify the tool or toolset which meets best the particular expectations and requirements of an organization. This selection is a major project itself. This paper presents a framework for this process. Based on a case study comparing four different tools in a sizable software project, we collected a set of criteria that ought to be helpful during case tool evaluation. These criteria define a framework of various dimensions. Organizations using it would have to weigh them according to their particular requirements.