TY - GEN
T1 - OPCAT - A bimodal case tool for object-process based system development
AU - Dori, Dov
AU - Reinhartz-Berger, Iris
AU - Sturm, Arnon
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Object-Process CASE Tool (OPCAT), which supports system development using Object-Process Methodology, meets the challenges of next generation CASE tools by providing a complete integrated software and system development environment. The main reasons for which CASE tools have spread at a lower pace than expected are their limited support of a particular method, high cost, lack of measurable returns, and unrealistic user expectations. Although many CASE tools implement familiar methods, their consistency checking and simulation capabilities are limited, if not inexistent, and the syntax and semantics of their graphic notations may not be clear to novice users. Based on two human cognition principles, OPCAT enables balanced modeling of the structural and behavioral aspects of systems in a single view through a bimodal visual-lingual representation. Due to this intuitive dual notation, the resulting model is comprehensible to both domain experts and system architects engaged in the development process. Due to OPM formality, OPCAT also provides a solid basis for implementation generation and an advanced simulation tool, which animates system behavior. This paper presents OPCAT and demonstrates its unique features through a small case study of a travel management information system.
AB - Object-Process CASE Tool (OPCAT), which supports system development using Object-Process Methodology, meets the challenges of next generation CASE tools by providing a complete integrated software and system development environment. The main reasons for which CASE tools have spread at a lower pace than expected are their limited support of a particular method, high cost, lack of measurable returns, and unrealistic user expectations. Although many CASE tools implement familiar methods, their consistency checking and simulation capabilities are limited, if not inexistent, and the syntax and semantics of their graphic notations may not be clear to novice users. Based on two human cognition principles, OPCAT enables balanced modeling of the structural and behavioral aspects of systems in a single view through a bimodal visual-lingual representation. Due to this intuitive dual notation, the resulting model is comprehensible to both domain experts and system architects engaged in the development process. Due to OPM formality, OPCAT also provides a solid basis for implementation generation and an advanced simulation tool, which animates system behavior. This paper presents OPCAT and demonstrates its unique features through a small case study of a travel management information system.
KW - CASE tools
KW - Development process
KW - Object-Process Methodology
KW - Simulation
KW - Software engineering
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84910063179&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84910063179
T3 - ICEIS 2003 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems
SP - 286
EP - 291
BT - ICEIS 2003 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems
A2 - Hammoudi, Slimane
A2 - Filipe, Joaquim
A2 - Piattini, Mario
A2 - Camp, Olivier
PB - Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Instituto Politecnico de Setubal
T2 - 5th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2003
Y2 - 23 April 2003 through 26 April 2003
ER -