The situational method engineering (SME) literature is surveyed and a synoptic evaluation
presented in the context of formalizing and regularizing the conceptual framework and …

Most people we know don't read a book's Preface. So, we'll keep it brief. Why read this
book? Why did we write it? The answer to both these questions is straightforward. We, the …

Workflow Management Systems (WFMSs) facilitate the definition of structure and
decomposition of business processes and assists in management of coordinating …

Object-oriented (OO) systems development theory has rapidly evolved. Generally, there is a
concern about the current inconsistent state of OO theory. There is a lack of a shared …

MetaCASE is a generic approach to computer-aided software engineering. In recent years
MetaCASE tools have been developed both commercially and in research centers. Their …

Reuse forms one key mechanism in improving system development productivity and quality.
In this paper we suggest a systematic framework for reuse processes, which is driven by …

The paper discusses experiences in several commercial requirements engineering (RE)
projects in augmenting an informal, teamwork oriented method with formally based …

We propose a visual user interface for formulating Boolean queries over a CASE repository.
The work is motivated by the successful adoption of the visual query paradigm in the …

Metaview is a me&system that can generate automatically a variety of environments to
support software engineering activities, such as requirement analysis and design. One of the …

Methods are represented in terms of Abstract data types and taking this as the starting oint,
CASE tool construction is viewed analogously to compiler construction. A development …