Computer-Aided Method Engineering: An Analysis of Existing Environments

Analogous to Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE), which aims to facilitate Software Engineering through specialized tools, ComputerAided Method Engineering (CAME) strives to support a wide range of activities carried out by method engineers. Although there is consensus on the importance of tool support in method engineering, existing CAME environments are incomplete prototypes, each covering just a few steps of the method engineering process. This paper summarizes the history and the state of the practice in CAME technology, and provides criteria-based critique on existing CAME environments, thus highlighting their strengths and weaknesses.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: CAISE
• Authors: Ali Niknafs, Raman Ramsin
• Keywords: CAISE 2008, Computer-aided Software Engineering, Information Technology, Method Engineering, Software Engineering