OPERATIONAL USE OF CASE INTEGRATION - AN INVESTIGATION OF THE STATE OF THE PRACTICE

In the second half of 1992, a team at the Software Engineering Institu te, Carnegie Mellon University, conducted a study of the state of the practice with respect to operational use of CASE integration. It was m ore difficult to find examples than we had anticipated. Ultimately, th e team did find a number of examples in large organizations having mul tiple years of CASE experience. Compared to the state of the art, what was found might be considered modest. Compared to industry norms, it was quite impressive, requiring significant commitment and real attent ion to end-user needs. The interdependence of process and tools seemed important, and operational integration usually meant point-to-point i ntegration, focused on a process piece. There were a number of shared experiences and common themes across the organizations.