IS 14653: Information Technology - Guideline for the Evaluation and Selection of Case Tools

65 Pages·1999·3.3 MB·English

by  Bureau of Indian Standards

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IS 14653:1999
lSO/lEC 14102:1995

Indian Standard
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — GUIDELINE
FOR THE EVALUATION AND SELECTION
OF CASE TOOLS
ICS35.080

0 BIS1999
BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS
MANAKBHAVAN,9BAHADURSHAHZAFARMARG
NEWDELHI110002

January 1999 PriceGroup15
SoftwareSystems,LanguagesandMethodologiesSectionalCommittee,LTD33
NATIONALFOREWORD
ThisIndianStandardwhichisidenticalwithISO/IEC14102:1995 ‘Informationtechnology—Guidelineforthe
evaluationandselectionofCASEtools’,issuedjointlybytheInternationalOrganizationforStandardization(1S0)
andInternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(IEC),wasadpotedbytheBureauofIndian Standardsonthe
recommendationofSoftwareSystems,LanguagesandMethodologiesSectionalCommittee(LTD33)andapproval
oftheElectronicsandTelecommunicationDivisionCouncil.
ThetextoftheISO/IECstandardhasbeenapprovedassuitableforpublicationasIndianStandardwithoutdeviations.
Certainconventionsare,however,notidenticaltothoseusedinIndianStandards.Attentionisparticularlydrawn
tothefollowing:
Whereverthewords‘InternationalStandard’appearreferringtothis standard,theyshouldbereadas
‘IndianStandard’.
CROSSREFERENCES
Theconcernedtechnicalcommitteehasreviewedtheprovisionsofthefollowingstandardsreferredinthisadpoted
standardandhasdecidedthattheseareacceptableforuseinconjunctionwiththisstandard:
1S05807:1985 Informationprocessing—Documentationsymbolsandconventionsfordata,program
andsystemflowcharts,programnetworkchartsandsystemresourcescharts
ISO/lEC12119:1994Informationtechnology—Softwarepackages—Qualityrequirementsandtesting
ISOAEC12207:1995Informationtechnology—Softwarelifecycleprocesses
ISO/lEC9126:1991 Informationtechnology—Softwareproductevaluation—Qualitycharacteristics
andguidelinesfortheiruse
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1 Scope ................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 Normative references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3 Definitions andacronyms ........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...8
3.1 Definitions . . . . . . . . ,., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
...! . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.2 Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4 Overview of evaluation andselection of CASE tools .....1o
4.1 Initiation process . . .................................10
4.2 Structuring process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.3 Evaluatkm process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.4 Selection process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -. 12
4.5 General process considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...12
4.5.1 Sequencing of processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.5.2 Reducing cost and risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...13
5 Initiation process .....................................M

5.1 Goalsettin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...14
5.2 Establishing selection criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5.3 Project planning andcontrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
6 Structuring process ...................................17
6.1 Requirements definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...17
6.1.1 Organizational information gathering . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
6.1.2 Requirements identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
6.1.3 Requirements structuring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6.2 CASE tool information gathering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6.3 Identifyingfinal candidateCASE tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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7 Evaluation process ....................................22
7.1 Preparing forevaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...22
7.2 EvaluatingCASEtools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...23
7.2.1 Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
7.2.2 Rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
7.2.3 Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
7.3 Evaluation reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
8 Selection process ...................................... 27
8.1 Preparing forselection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
8.2 Applying theselection algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
8.3 Recommending a selection decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
8.4 Validating theselection decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
9 CASE tool characteristics ............................. 29
9.1 Functionality - characteristics related to life-cycle processes. 29
9.1.1 Characteristic: ManagementProcess . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
9.1.2 Characteristic: Development Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
9.1.2.1 Subcharacteristic: Modeling . . . . . . . . 31
9.1.2.2 Subcharacteristic: Construction . ...! 33
9.1.3 Characteristic: Maintenance Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
9.1.4 Characteristic: Documentation Process . . . . . . . . . . . 3S
9.1.5 Characteristic: Configuration Management Process 35
9.1.6 Characteristic: Quality Assurance Process . . . . . . . . 36
9.1.7 Characteristic: Verification Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
9.1.8 Characteristic: Validation Process . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . 38

9.2 Function ality - characteristics related to CASE tool usage. . 40

9.2.1 Characteristic: Environment in which the CASE tool
operates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...40
9.2.2 Characteristic: CASE tool integrability. . . . . . . . . . . 41
9.2.3 Characteristic: Aspects of the CASE tool’s applicatiori43 ~
9.3 General quality characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
9.3.1 Characteristic: Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
9.3.2 Characteristic: Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
9.3.3 Characteristic: Usability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
9.3.4 Characteristic: Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
9.3.5 Characteristic: Maintainability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
9.3.6 Characteristic: Portability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
9.4 General characteristics not related to quality . . . . . . . . . . . . 49’
9.4.1 Characteristic: Acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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9.4.2 Characteristic: Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
9.4.3 Characteristic: Support Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
9.4.4 Characteristic: Evaluation or Certification . . . . . . . . 51
Annex A Considerations on the use of this International
Standard ...................................................S2
Annex B Examples of selection algorithms ................... M
Annex CBibliography ......................................59

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IS 14653:1999
ISO/IEC 14102:1995
Indian Standard
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — GUIDELINE
FOR THE EV’UATION AND SELECTION
OF CASE TOOLS
1 Scope
This International Standard deals with the evaluation and selection of CASE tools,
covering a partialorfill portion of the software engineering life cycle. It
establishes processes and activities to be appliedforthe evaluation of CASE tools
and selecting the most appropriateCASE 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 identi~ng 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 fiorp 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 soilware 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 isto provide mechanisms
for data, control and presentation integration.
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