Case tools

CASE Tools

1. UNIT-5 CASE TOOLS Dr.V.Sutha Jebakumari , AP/CSE, KCET May 15, 2021

2. CASE CASE stands for Computer Aided   S oftware  E ngineering. It means, development and maintenance of software projects with help of various automated software tools . 2

3. CASE TOOLS CASE tools are set of software application programs, which are used to automate SDLC activities. CASE tools are used by software project managers, analysts and engineers to develop software system . Use of CASE tools accelerates the development of project to produce desired result and helps to uncover flaws before moving ahead with next stage in software development 3

4. Objectives of Case The various objectives are · Improvement in productivity: by reducing the time of design and development. · Improvement in information system quality: by providing automation. · Improvement of effectiveness: performing the right task with minimal effort. 4

5. 5 Environment having CASE

6. Role of CASE Tools 6 CASE tools play a major role in the following activities: Project management Data dictionary Code generation User interface design Schema generation Creation of meta-data for data warehouse Reverse engineering Re-engineering Document generation Version control OO analysis and design Software testing Data modeling Project scheduling Cost estimation

7. Components of CASE Tools Central Repository Upper Case Tools Lower Case Tools   Integrated Case Tools 7

8. Components of CASE Tools Upper — support analysis and design phases Lower — support coding phase Integrated — also known as I-CASE support analysis, design and coding phases 8

9. CENTRAL REPOSITORY 9

10. UPPER CASE TOOLS 10

11. LOWER CASE TOOLS 11

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15. CASE TOOL TYPES 15 Diagram tools U sed to represent system components, data and control flow among various software components and system structure in a graphical form. Eg : Flow Chart Maker tool for creating state-of-the-art flowcharts Process Modeling Tools Process modeling is method to create software process model, which is used to develop the software. Process modeling tools help the managers to choose a process model or modify it as per the requirement of software product. Eg : EPF Composer

16. CASE TOOL TYPES 16 Project Management Tools These tools are used for project planning, cost and effort estimation, project scheduling and resource planning. Managers have to strictly comply project execution with every mentioned step in software project management. Project management tools help in storing and sharing project information in real-time throughout the organization. Eg : C reative Pro Office, Trac Project, Basecamp .

17. CASE TOOL TYPES 17 Documentation Tools Documentation in a software project starts prior to the software process, goes throughout all phases of SDLC and after the completion of the project. Documentation tools generate documents for technical users and end users. Technical users are mostly in-house professionals of the development team who refer to system manual, reference manual, training manual, installation manuals etc. The end user documents describe the functioning and how-to of the system such as user manual. Ex: Doxygen , DrExplain , Adobe RoboHelp for documentation.

18. CASE TOOL TYPES 18 Analysis Tools Help to gather requirements, automatically check for any inconsistency, inaccuracy in the diagrams, data redundancies or erroneous omissions. Eg : Accept 360, Accompa , CaseComplete for requirement analysis, Visible Analyst for total analysis. Design Tools Help software designers to design the block structure of the software, which may further be broken down in smaller modules using refinement techniques. These tools provides detailing of each module and interconnections among modules. Eg : Animated Software Design .

19. CASE TOOL TYPES 19 Configuration Management Tools Deal with – Version and revision management Baseline configuration management Change control management Eg : Fossil, Git , Accu REV . Change Control Tools P art of configuration management tools. Deal with changes made to the software after its baseline is fixed or when the software is first released. CASE tools automate change tracking, file management, code management and more. It also helps in enforcing change policy of the organization.

20. CASE TOOL TYPES 20 Programming Tools C onsist of programming environments like IDE, in-built modules library and simulation tools. Aid in building software product and include features for simulation and testing. Eg : Eclipse . Prototyping Tools Prototyping CASE tools essentially come with graphical libraries . They can create hardware independent user interfaces and design. These tools help us to build rapid prototypes based on existing information . They provide simulation of software prototype. Eg : Serena prototype composer, Mockup Builder.

21. CASE TOOL TYPES 21 Web Development Tools A ssist in designing web pages with all allied elements like forms, text, script, graphic and so on. Provide live preview of what is being developed and how will it look after completion. Eg : Fontello , Adobe Edge Inspect, Foundation 3, Brackets. Quality Assurance Tools Consist of configuration and change control tools and software testing tools. Eg : SoapTest , AppsWatch , JMeter .

22. CASE TOOL TYPES 22 Maintenance Tools Automatic logging and error reporting techniques, automatic error ticket generation and root cause Analysis are few CASE tools, which help software organization in maintenance phase of SDLC. Eg : Bugzilla for defect tracking

23. ADVANTAGES OF CASE TOOLS 23 Use of CASE tools leads to considerable improvements in quality. This is mainly due to the fact that one can effortlessly iterate through the different phases of software development and the chances of human error are considerably reduced. CASE tools help produce high quality and consistent documents . CASE tools take out most of the drudgery in a software engineer’s work. CASE tools have led to revolutionary cost saving in software maintenance efforts. Introduction of a CASE environment has an impact on the style of working of a company, and makes it oriented towards the structured and orderly approach .