Question

list the names of 5 CASE tools used in Software Engineering. you have to show also its purpose, usage, components, .....

Answer 1

CASE _{stands for Computer Aided Software Engineering. It means, development and maintenance of software projects with help of various automated software tools}.

Diagram tools

_{These tools are used to represent system components, data and control flow among various software components and system structure in a graphical form. For example, Flow Chart Maker tool for creating state-of-the-art flowcharts.}

Process Modeling Tools

_{Process modeling is method to create software process model, which is used to develop the software. Process modeling tools help the managers to choose a process model or modify it as per the requirement of software product. For example, EPF Composer}

Documentation Tools

_{Documentation in a software project starts prior to the software process, goes throughout all phases of SDLC and after the completion of the project.}

_{Documentation tools generate documents for technical users and end users. Technical users are mostly in-house professionals of the development team who refer to system manual, reference manual, training manual, installation manuals etc. The end user documents describe the functioning and how-to of the system such as user manual. For example, Doxygen, DrExplain, Adobe RoboHelp for documentation.}

Analysis Tools

_{These tools help to gather requirements, automatically check for any inconsistency, inaccuracy in the diagrams, data redundancies or erroneous omissions. For example, Accept 360, Accompa, CaseComplete for requirement analysis, Visible Analyst for total analysis.}

Design Tools

_{These tools help software designers to design the block structure of the software, which may further be broken down in smaller modules using refinement techniques. These tools provides detailing of each module and interconnections among modules. For example, Animated Software Design}