Abstract

Tsuda reports quantitative productivity and quality gains from an integrated CASE environment across decades of Hitachi projects.

Tsuda, M. (2006). IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, E89-D(4), 1470–1479. DOI

Key findings

  • Integrated tools — Design, programming, and reuse in one environment improve generation rate and fault density metrics.
  • Learning curve — Newer CASE versions shortened time for inexperienced programmers to reach stable output.

Application

Treat the IDE as one orchestration pane — not a status app pile. IDE.