ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 14102 Second edition 2008-11-01 Information technology Guideline for the evaluation and selection of CAsE tools Technologies de I'information Lignes directrices pour I'evaluation et la sélectiond'outilsCASE Reference number ISO/IEC 14102:2008(E) IEC ISo @ISO/IEC2008 ISO/IEC 14102:2008(E) PDFdisclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The Iso Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by IsO member bodies. In the COPYRIGHTPROTECTED DOCUMENT ? ISO/IEC2008 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either isO at the address below or isO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 : CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ISO/IEC2008-All rightsreserved ISO/IEC 14102:2008(E) Contents Page 1 Scope. 2 Normative references. .2 3 Termsanddefinitions 4 Abbreviated terms .. 5 Overview of evaluation and selection of CASE tools .... 5.1 Introduction of the evaluation and selection of CAsE tools. 5.2 Overview of the evaluation and selection of CAsE tools... 5.3 General process considerations..... 6 Preparation process . 6.1 6.2 Goal setting.. 6.3 Establishing selection criteria.. 6.4 Project planning and control..... < Structuring proces .8 7.1 Overview..... 7.2 Requirements definition. 7.3 CASE tool information gathering 10 7.4 Identifying final candidate CASE tools 8 Evaluation process 11 8.1 Overview.. .11 8.2 Preparingfor evaluation 8.3 EvaluatingCASEtools.. .12 8.4 Evaluation reporting .... 9 CASE tool selection process. 9.1 Overview... ..13 9.2 Preparing for selection... .14 9.3 Applying the selection algorithm. .14 9.4 Recommending a selection decision.. 9.5 Validating the selection decision ... .15 10 CASE tool characteristics.. 10.1 .15 10.2 Characteristics related to life-cycle process functionality. 10.3 Characteristics related to CAsE tooi usage functionality.. .24 10.4 General quality characteristics ... 27 10.5 General characteristics not related to quality .... AnnexA(informative)Considerations ontne useoftnisinternationaiStandiard.. .33 Annex B (informative) Examples of selection algorithms . .35 AnnexC(informative)EvaluationReportContents 38 Bibliography.. 40 Stion All rights reserved ili