scope:

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 organizations. Also, 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 succes factors, - propose a set of adoption processes, - guide succesful adoption in consideration of organizational 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. This report adresses aspects of product evaluation, selection, and adoption which are specific to CASE tools. It is complementary to related ISO/IEC documents which deal with the general aspects of these topics.