From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_40 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 11 Dec 92 16:00:47 GMT From: agate!spool.mu.edu!caen!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!news .sei.cmu.edu!awb@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Alan Brown) Subject: Re: DoD and NIST undermining commercial CASE industry Message-ID: <1992Dec11.110047.21279@sei.cmu.edu> List-Id: I thought that some of the followers of this PCTE/ATIS/others debate may be interested in a new book that may help with some of the *technical* aspects of the discussion. Alan Brown. =========================================================================== A New Book from McGraw-Hill, Inc. ``Software Engineering Environments: Automated Support for Software Engineering" by Alan Brown, Anthony Earl, and John McDermid. 326 pages ISBN 0-07-707432-7 $38.00 This book looks at a number of the problems of assembling CASE tools to form Software Engineering Environments (SEEs). It examines the history of SEE work, the requirements for a SEE, current experience with introducing and adopting SEE products, and addresses the difficult problem of CASE tool integration in a SEE. Perhaps the most notable feature of the book, however, is an in depth description of a reference model for analyzing and comparing SEE products and standards. This is the work that has now beenaccepted by both the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA) leading to a technical report (NIST Special Publication 500-201 and ECMA TR/55). As well as describing the reference model in detail, a number of important systems and standards are reviewed with respect to the reference model. These are: ECMA PCTE DEC's CIS (a.k.a. ATIS) HP's SoftBench IBM's AD/Cycle Hence, we believe that this is perhaps the most comprehensive book on SEEs yet to be produced, and should have a great appeal to a wide audience who are interested in these products and standards, and the whole SEE frameworks debate ! About the Authors: Alan W. Brown is a member of the technical staff at the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie-Mellon University, PA, Anthony N. Earl is a researcher at MarkV Systems, Cupertino, CA, and John A. McDermid is Professor of Software Engineering at the University of York, UK. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mail your order to: McGraw-Hill Inc. 11 West 19th Street - 4th Floor New York, NY 10011 Please quote the code #03TP020 on the Order Form, and ISBN 0-07-707432-7. Telephone your order to: Call toll-free in the USA to 1-800-2-MCGRAW