Before and after CASE adoption
Various authors and companies claim that the CASE technology increases both the quality and productivity of systems development. However, although the literature is replete with reports of successful adoption, many companies have not adopted it. This paper addresses the major reasons for companies' adoption of CASE and the major obstacles preventing the adoption. Furthermore, the authors investigated the changes in systems development practices in the light of the CASE technology. Finally, we determined the extent to which companies use and appreciate CASE. The authors analyzed 253 returned surveys to shed light on the questions: How do CASE users differ from non-users, and what are the differences between systems development practices before and after CASE adoption? They found that the CASE users spend more time during the front-end SDLC phases, use standard systems development techniques more often, and experience less difficulty during systems development.
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