Search the Internet for a simple, user-friendly CASE tool that you would recommend for your schools computer lab. Visit the vendors site and learn all you can about the product. Write a brief report that describes your experience.

FIGURE TK B-1 Typical CASE tool tasks. The Systems Analyst's Toolkit 583 Introduction PREVIEW CASE: Mountain View College Bookstore Background: Wendy Lee, manager of college services at Mountain View College, wants a new information system that will improve efficiency and customer service student intern) are talking about CASE tools and concepts. at the three college bookstores. In this part of the case, Tina Allen (systems analyst) and David Conroe Participants: Location: Tina and David Tina's office, early in the systems planning phase Discussion topics: CASE tools, integrated development environments, CASE terms and concepts Tina: David: Tina: David: Tina: David: David, before we get too far into the project, let's talk about CASE tools and concepts and how we can use them in the development process. Sure. I saw examples of CASE tools in my systems analysis course. CASE stands for computer-aided systems engineering, right? Yes. Some people say CASE stands for computer-aided software engineering instead of computer-aided systems engineering. There's really no difference. Either way, CASE tools are an integral part of the sys- tems development process, and can be used with structured, object-oriented, or agile development meth- ods. Will we use CASE tools on the bookstore project? Yes. We'll start by identifying and modeling business functions and processes. That information will become part of a central repository, which is a database that stores all the characteristics of the information system. Then what? We'll use CASE tools to draw various diagrams, including DFDs, UML diagrams, functional decomposition diagrams, and business process diagrams. You'll learn about these as we go along. We might also use CASE tools to generate program code, screens, and reports. Also, depending on the software environment we select, we might use an integrated development environment. What's that? An integrated development environment is like a built-in CASE tool that a vendor integrates into a software product. Anything else? Well, before we decide on a CASE tool, we'll take a look at several examples. Here's a task list to get us started: Tina: David: Tina: David: Tina: Gantt Chart Tools MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE. File Format Task View Resource Project Task Name Part B: CASE Tools Learn about CASE Tools and how system developers use thern Understand CASE terms, concepts, and characteristics Use CASE tools to create a central repository and modeling diagrams Investigate specific CASE tools, including Visible Analyst and other toals Consider CASE trends, including IDE and ALM Options 100 Cergipe Learning 2014