Process Automation
...ction. These two approaches have a direct bearing on the technology of software automation. These also cross, and it is at this intersection that process-centered environment (PCE) exist. 1. Process Automation within the context of CASE: CASE tools helps to produce the software more efficiently. At developer level, these tools support activities such as design, code generation, test, reverse engineering, and document production. At management level, these tools support activities such as configuration management, planning, scheduling, tracking and cost estimation. By strategic thinking, it suggests that four elements, closely related to total quality management are required: · Pursuing continuous improvement · Putting quality first · Using process engineering · Facilitating change In summary, CASE tools have failed to reach their full potential in part because of issues that are less technically and more organizationally based. 2. Process Automation within the context of process improvement: This is the secon...