From csus.edu!decwrl!decwrl!uunet!munnari.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!dubhe.anu.edu.au!tarazed!kiruki Tue Jul 20 07:31:10 1993 Xref: csus.edu comp.software-eng:11314 comp.object:10240 comp.misc:11323 Path: csus.edu!decwrl!decwrl!uunet!munnari.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!dubhe.anu.edu.au!tarazed!kiruki From: kiruki@cs.anu.edu.au (Albert Kiruki) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.object,comp.misc Subject: CASE Survey: 1990 data Date: 20 Jul 1993 06:28:19 GMT Organization: Australian National University Lines: 1322 Distribution: world Message-ID: <22g3a3INN9ac@dubhe.anu.edu.au> Reply-To: kiruki@cs.anu.edu.au NNTP-Posting-Host: tarazed.anu.edu.au As a followup to our previous posting (RE: CASE Survey), here is a textual version of most of what went into the Hypercard stack for the 1990 CASE Survey that we mentioned. The summaries reflect the views of vendors, and comments the views of textbooks and articles cited in the Hypercard stack. Please feel free to add, correct or comment (PLEASE mail kiruki@cs.anu.edu.au). The information collected will be integrated and the new list made available by anon ftp or posting to this group. ============================================================================== = Albert Kiruki = = Dept. of Computer Science = = Australian National University = = = = email: kiruki@cs.anu.edu.au = = Tel: +61-6-249-5687 = = ,--_|\ Fax: -249-0010 = = / \ = = \_,--_*/ <--- postal: GPO Box 4, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia. = = v = = = ============================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: ACT Checked: Yes Vendor: McCabe Associates Address: -- Price: $6500 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC AT Life cycle: V&V and testing tool Methods: McCabe Languages: COBOL, C, ADA, Pascal, Fortran Generators: -- DBMS: -- Comments: other pricing packages. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: ACTOR Checked: Yes Vendor: The Whitewater Group Inc. Address: 600 Davis, Evanston, IL 60201 Price: $495 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC AT/XT Life cycle: Prototyping & Code generation Methods: -- Languages: ACTOR, access to C, Pascal Generators: -- DBMS: -- Comments: Excellent introduction to object-oriented programming reasonably priced for high-level applications generation under Windows. However unsuitable for low- level programming; slower than compiled C programs; on the other hand C modules can be called through the foreign language interface. Summary: Object-oriented language environment with good access to Windows. The Actor language is an alternative to but similar in syntax to C or Pascal and could be a good way of developing small- to medium-sized Windows-based applications with greater ease than C++. Unlike C++ or the various object-oriented Pascal extensions that are third generation languages mocked-up with object-oriented features, Actor is designed starting from object-oriented concepts. Actor is between being a compiled and an interpreted language. It compiles small source code entities into image files that can be dynamically loaded. This makes Actors a good prototyping language allowing to change a running system by switching easily between execution in one window, runtime data inspection in another and source code browsing and editing in yet another window. Actor has a foreign language interface. It can also call programs written in languages such as C and Pascal and can access modules of any MS Windows compatible language through dynamic link libraries. The environment includes a Windows prototyper, class browser, inspector (data structures), debugger and profiler (performance evaluation). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: AdaVantage Checked: Yes Vendor: Meridian Software Systems, Inc. Address: 23141 Verdugo Dr., Ste 105, Laguna Hills CA 92653 Price: $1095--$1780 Platform: PC AT/XT, Mac, Unix Workstations Life cycle: analysis, design Methods: -- Languages: Ada Generators: production code, Ada compiler and tool set DBMS: -- Comments: reusable components library ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: AnaTool 3.1 Checked: Yes Paperfile: 38 Vendor: Advanced Logical Software Address: 9903 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 108, Beverly Hills CA 90212 Price: $925 Platform: Mac Life cycle: analysis, design, code generation Methods: Gane/Sarson, Yourdon/DeMarco Languages: any Generators: Pseudocode; English paraphraser DBMS: data dictionary Installations: approx.1300 (at end 1989) Comments: other pricing packages; compatible: BLUES. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Application Browser Checked: Yes Vendor: Hypersoft Corp. Address: 675 Mass. Ave., Cambridge MA 02139 Price: $5,800--$40,200; PC: $3000 Platform: OS/2, PC AT, DEC VAX Life cycle: re-engineering Methods: various diagrams Languages: COBOL Generators: diagrams, documentation DBMS: -- Comments: other pricing packages; prop. windows support. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: AppMaker 1.0 Checked: Yes Paperfile: 51 Vendor: Bowers Development Address: POBox 9, Lincoln Center, MA 01773 Price: $295 Platform: Mac Life cycle: prototyping, coding Methods: -- Languages: C, Pascal Generators: user interface prototyper DBMS: -- Comments: other pricing packages; readable source code is generated consistent with Apple's Human Interface Guidelines; includes a library of useful routines to make the generated code smaller. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Auto-Mate Plus 3.2 Checked: Yes Paperfile: 6 Vendor: LBMS, Inc. Address: Suite 800, 2900 North Loop West, Houston, Texas 77092 Price: $8625 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC AT Life cycle: analysis, design, prototyping Methods: Gane/Sarson, Yourdon/DeMarco, Info. Eng., Chen, proprierity Languages: -- Generators: documentation, reports DBMS: ADABAS, DB/2, IDMS, Oracle Installations: more than 3500 copies of LBMS products (until1990) Comments: other pricing packages; training Summary: The system is targeted at information systems analysts, designers and database administrators. It supports various methodologies but is methodology- independent, i.e, open for other methodologies. The system covers analysis to design with various diagram techniques and to some extent prototyping. From program module definitions the system generates code frames to be extended and refined for the target system. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Bachman Re-Engineering Products Checked: Yes Vendor: Bachman Information Systems Inc. Address: 4 Cambridge Center, Cambridge MA 02142 Price: $15,000-$20,000 Platform: PC AT Life cycle: re-engineering Methods: Bachman, Chen Languages: COBOL Generators: SQL schemas, DB code, documentation DBMS: IDMS, DB2 Comments: supports MS Windows; expert-system based. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Blues 50/90 Checked: Yes Vendor: Advanced Logical Software Address: 9903 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 108, Beverly Hills CA 90212 Price: $1875 each Platform: Mac Life cycle: analysis, 90 has design Methods: 50: Yourdon/DeMarco; 90: Jackson Languages: -- Generators: -- DBMS: -- Comments: both: compatible: Anatool ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Bridge Checked: Yes Vendor: Softbridge Inc Address: 125 Cambridge Park Drive, Cambridge, MA 02140 Price: $695 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC AT/XT Life cycle: design, prototyping, coding Methods: -- Languages: C, own language Generators: MS Windows prototyper DBMS: -- Comments: requires purchasing a runtime license when exporting. Summary: The product is targeted at designing and writing Windows applications quickly and easily. Rather than using C however, Bridge provides its own language someplace between the DOS batch language and Windows resource scripts. Bridge is based on an interpreter. Once the window layout is completed there is no compile or make step required. This makes prototyping fast but for the price of some performance. Also a Bridge runtime system is needed for exporting applications. But the product is good for designing applications quickly within a given shop. The Windows/386 version can perform true multitasking. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: CARDtool Checked: Yes Paperfile: 2 Vendor: READY SYSTEMS Address: 470 Potrero Avenue, P.O.Box 60217, Sunnyvale, California 94086 Price: -- Platform: PC, DEC VAX, Sun Life cycle: planning, analysis, design, limited prototyping Methods: Yourdon/DeMarco, Warnier/Orr, Chen, Info. Eng., flow diagrams, state-transition diagrams, PDL, real-time simulation, DOD-STD-2176 Languages: Ada Generators: documentation, reports DBMS: CardBus with import/export facilities Comments: other pricing packages; third party compatible through open architecture; multi-user support; Windows support; training; the system is unbundled in 4 components: Analyst, Architect, Specifier, Workbench. Summary: CARDtools (Computer-Aided Real-Time Designs Tools) is an integrated set of tools designed to support complex software projects for real-time, embedded microprocessor systems. The product offers four levels of software solutions. At the primary level, it provides conventional CASE tools that support industry standard DeMarco and Yourdon, as well as open system/data base access support. The second level provides real-time extensions such as state transition diagrams, control flow representation and PDL The third level of tools targets real-time embedded systems. These tools support real-time design partitioning, concurrent, multi-tasking modelling, real-time performance verification, and hardware/software interface specification. CARDtools also provides solutions for Ada/government projects that include tools for automatic DoD-Std-2167 documentation generation, requirements traceability and specific Ada design support. All facilities are integrated through a centralized data base, called CARDbus. CARDbus supports an open architecture through CARDbus Access which allows import/export from and to other CASE tools. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: CASE Environment Checked: Yes Vendor: Cincom Systems Inc. Address: 2300 Montana Av., Cincinnati, OH 45211 Price: $1000--$31000 Platform: OS/2, PC AT/XT, IBM Mainframe Life cycle: planning, analysis, design, prototyping, code generation, testing Methods: various diagrams Languages: many 4GL languages Generators: screens, production code, documentation DBMS: -- Comments: other pricing packages; no window system support. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: CASE: PM,CASE: W Checked: Yes Vendor: Caseworks, Inc. Address: 1 Dunwoods Park, Ste. 130, Atlanta, Ga. 30338 Price: PM: $1995,W: $795 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC AT Life cycle: design, prototyping, coding, maintenance, W: limited re-engineering Methods: -- Generators: W: MS Windows prototyper Languages: PM: COBOL, C; W: C DBMS: -- Comments: other pricing packages; CASE:W: to run make, you must exit CASE:W unless you can go to Windows/386; requires MS C; comes with an `expert system' library containing a moderate number of prefabricated dialogs. Summary: CASE W is targeted at C programmers who are designing Windows applications. The windows prototyper includes C code generation. generates C code. Includes C code generations from the Windows prototype. The C code is then extended with application fragments. Editing the generated C code is sometimes also necessary to do Windows calls. The prototyper supports only a Windows subset. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: CASE Station Checked: Yes Paperfile: 5 Vendor: Mentor Graphics, Inc. Address: 8500 S.W. Creekside place, Beaverton, OR 97005-7191 Price: $21,900 Platform: Apollo Life cycle: analysis, design, prototyping, reverse-engineering Methods: Yourdon/DeMarco, Ward/Mellor, Hatley/Pirbhai, Chen, real-time simulation, Page/Jones Languages: reverse-engineering from C and Fortran Generators: screens, documentation DBMS: -- Comments: all documents are stored in ASCII files with documented format; the system includes a change control package for traceability of design changes; other pricing packages available. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Checkpoint Checked: Yes Vendor: Software Productivity Research, Inc. Address: -- Price: $20000 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC Life cycle: assessment, measurement and estimation Methods: -- Languages: -- Generators: -- DBMS: -- Comments: other pricing packages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Cobol/2 Workbench Checked: Yes Paperfile: 7 Vendor: Micro Focus, Inc. Address: 2465 East Bayshore Rd.,Ste.400, Palo Alto,CA 94303 Price: $3290 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC Life cycle: testing Methods: -- Languages: COBOL Generators: screen and forms DBMS: -- Comments: third party compatible: Excelerator; other pricing packages; visual source code debugging Summary: The Micro Focus COBOL/2 compiler uses the full power of the IBM Personal System/2 and can be used under OS/2 and PC DOS to create stand-alone or network applications. The product is provided with an integrated debugging tool, ANIMATOR, and supports a rich variety of COBOL dialects, allowing applications to be developed using the latest ANSI 85 structured code. Applications can be migrated from other environments and can be produced for both OS/2 and MS DOS. Micro Focus is the supplier to IBM of their IBM COBOL/2 and the early release IBM COBOL version 2.0. Micro Focus COBOL/2 is upwards compatible with both compilers. IBM's SAA standard for COBOL was created to facilitate the portation of COBOL applications across the range of IBM hardware. The Micro Focus COBOL/2 compiler is the first COBOL compiler to conform to and support this standard. Micro Focus COBOL/2 supports many COBOL syntaxes, including Microsoft and Ryan-McFarland COBOL and provides foreign language interfaces to other languages such as assembler,C,Fortran and Pascal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Cocoon Checked: Yes Vendor: Language Processors ,Inc. Address: 959 Concord St., Framingham MA 01701 Price: $5,000 up Platform: UNIX Life cycle: prototyping, coding, configuration management Methods: methodology-independent Generators: documentation Languages: any DBMS: -- Comments: multi-user support; window system support. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: CoFac Checked: Yes Paperfile: 9 Vendor: Coding Factory Address: Brookwood II, 45 Knightsbridge Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 Price: $3000 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC Life cycle: coding, maintenance Methods: -- Languages: COBOL Generators: -- DBMS: SQL/DS Comments: other pricing packages, TRAINING Summary: The product uses fourth generation techniques to create programs written in standard ANSI COBOL and meeting IBM's COBOL SAA standards. CoFac is a menu driven interactive system that requires that you answer questions with information provided from your functional specifications. CoFac does the rest in a two-step generative process. The first step involves the creation of parameter file from the functional specifications. These parameters are then used in the second step to produce structured COBOL code (both online and batch) ready to be compiled in the desired operating environment -- CICS, MVS, DOS/VSE, PC, LAN -- and accessing VSAM, ISAM, DL/I, DB2, SQL/DS file structures. Since the same parameters can be used to generate programs for the MAINFRAME or the PC, CoFac exploits the PC for prototyping before generating the mainframe programs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: CorVision Checked: Yes Paperfile: 39 Vendor: Cortex Corp. Address: 138 Technology Drive, Waltheim, MA 02154 Price: $55,000-$25,0000 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC AT (based on VAX server) Life cycle: analysis, design, coding, maintenance Methods: Chen, menu diagrams, dataview diagrams, state-transition Languages: generates native VMS executables Generators: code; screens, reports DBMS: VAX RMS, Rdb Installations: 250 development copies (end 1988) Comments: other pricing packages Summary: The product is used by DEC VAX software developers as an integrated CASE tools. It automates major phases of the life cycle for VAX MIS applications employing RMS and Rdb DBMS. The tools are resident on PC and operate with a central repository and code-generator on a VAX (called Application Factory) and producing native VAX executables together with full system documentation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: CRADLE Checked: Yes Paperfile: 22 Vendor: Yourdon, Inc. Address: Forum II, 8521 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, NC 27615 Price: -- Platform: UNIX workstations Life cycle: planing, analysis, design, limited prototyping, coding, maintenance Methods: Yourdon/DeMarco Languages: C, Ada, Pascal Generators: screen code, report, documentation DBMS: dBASEIII format dictionary Comments: other pricing packages; training; X windows support; multi-user access; includes configuration management system ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Cross System Checked: Yes Vendor: IBM Corp. Address: Old Orchard Road, Armonk, N.Y. 10504 Price: $12,000--$80,000 Platform: OS/2, PC AT/XT, IBM Mainframe Life cycle: Design, prototyping, code generation, testing Methods: -- Languages: COBOL Generators: production code, documentation DBMS: -- Comments: multi-user support; no window system support. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Design Aid 4.3 Checked: Yes Paperfile: 46 Vendor: Nastec, Inc. Address: 24681 Northwestern Highway, Southfield, MI 48075 Price: $6900 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC, DEC VAX Life cycle: planning, analysis, design, limited prototyping Methods: Gane/Sarson, Yourdon/DeMarco, Warnier/Orr, Info. Eng., real-time simulation, Jackson Languages: language-independent Generators: documentation, reports DBMS: interface available, DB/2 Comments: real-time module available, other pricing packages; third party compatible: Telon; multi-user support; Windows support; training ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Design IDEF Checked: Yes Vendor: Meta Software, Inc. Address: -- Price: $2995 Platform: Mac Life cycle: analysis Methods: IDEF/SADT Languages: special used for IDEF modeling Generators: -- DBMS: -- Comments: other pricing packages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Design O/A, Design CPN Checked: Yes Vendor: Meta Software, Corp. Address: 150 Cambridge Park Dr., Cambridge MA 02140 Price: O/A: $7500, CPN: $20,000 Platform: IBM PS/2, Mac Life cycle: analysis, design Methods: Gane/Sarson, Yourdon/DeMarco, Info. Eng., Petri nets, extensible: customize your own method Languages: C, ML Generators: -- DBMS: -- Comments: other pricing packages, UNIX support, X-windows, real-time simulation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: DesignVision Checked: Yes Paperfile: 41 Vendor: Optima Inc. Address: 1300 Woodfield Road, Suite 400, Schaumburg, IL 60173 Price: $2995 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC Life cycle: analysis, design Methods: multiple diagrams Languages: many Generators: documentation, reports DBMS: SQL support Comments: MS Windows support. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: EasyCASE Plus Checked: Yes Vendor: Evergreen Software, Inc. Address: -- Price: $225 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC Life cycle: analysis Methods: Gane/Sarson, Ward/Mellor, Yourdon/DeMarco, Info. Eng., Constantine, real-time simulation, Page/Jones, Jackson, Hatley/Pirbhai Languages: none Generators: -- DBMS: -- Comments: real-time module available, other pricing packages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Enterprise: Generator Checked: Yes Vendor: Cullinet Software Inc. Address: 400 Blue Hill Drive, Westwood, MA02139 Price: $7,000--$100,000; PC: $4,000 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC, IBM Mainframe, DEC VAX Life cycle: design, prototyping, code generation Methods: various, methodology-independent Languages: COBOL, C, BASIC Generators: production code, documentation DBMS: data dictionary Comments: other pricing packages; window system support. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: ENVISION 2.0 Checked: Yes Vendor: Future Tech Systems, Inc. Address: -- Price: $3750 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC AT Life cycle: analysis, design, limited prototyping Methods: Yourdon/DeMarco, Info. Eng., EXTENSIBLE: customize your own method Languages: none Generators: -- DBMS: -- Comments: other pricing packages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Excelerator, Excelerator/RTS Checked: Yes Paperfile: 20 Vendor: Index Technology, Inc. Address: 1 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142 Price: $8400 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC, Vax, Unix Workstations Life cycle: planning, analysis, design, prototyping Methods: Gane/Sarson, Yourdon/DeMarco, Info. Eng., real-time simulation, Merise Languages: COBOL and others Generators: screen code generator, reports, documentation DBMS: -- Installations: 14,000 copies (by end 1988); Users group Comments: real-time module available, other pricing packages, DB2 option, third party compatible with many CASE tools; training; AFIPS Software Product of the Year 1987 Summary: The classic CASE tool that opened the market targeting at the early phases of the software life-cycle. Integrates various completeness and consistency checks with diagraming and cross-referencing to analysis and design documents. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Foundation Design/1 Checked: Yes Vendor: Andersen Consulting Address: 69 W. Washington St., Chicago, Ill 60602 Price: $7200 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC and IBM mainframes Life cycle: planning, analysis, design, prototyping Methods: Yourdon/DeMarco, Warnier/Orr, Info. Eng., proprierity, Jackson, Method/1 Languages: COBOL Generators: code generation, report generation, help screens DBMS: IDMS, DB/2 Installations: -- Comments: other pricing packages, interface to other CASE tools; no windows support. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Goldrun Checked: Yes Vendor: XA Systems, Inc. Address: International Headquarters, 983 University Ave., Los Gatos, CA 95030 Price: $10000 up Platform: IBM PS/2, PC AT, UNIX Life cycle: analysis, design, prototyping, coding Methods: proprierity Languages: COBOL Generators: SQL code, production code, documentation DBMS: Oracle, DB/2, DBK Comments: min. config.: 5 units; multi-user support. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: GQL - designer Checked: Yes Vendor: Andyne Computing, Ltd. Address: -- Price: $995 Platform: Mac Life cycle: design, prototyping, coding Methods: Info. Eng. Languages: -- Generators: -- DBMS: DB/2, INGRES, Oracle, SQL/DS, Informix, Sybase Comments: other pricing packages, interface to other CASE tools ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: IEF (Information Engineering Facility) Checked: Yes Paperfile: 27 Vendor: Texas Instruments Inc. Address: POBox 869305, MS-8474,Plano, Tx 75086-9990 Price: $13,900--$50,000 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC AT, IBM Mainframe Life cycle: planning, analysis, design, coding Methods: Info. Eng. Languages: COBOL Generators: production code; DBMS interface DBMS: Oracle Installations: 120 sites (by end 1988) Comments: other pricing packages; multi-user access; training Summary: IEF is the most fully integrated CASE product available for the IBM environment, according to Gane [1989]. It has been developed by a major effort in the range of 100 man years within Texas Instruments. It was developed in conjunction with James Martin's group. Cobol code is automatically generated when the detailed design is finished. The planing, analysis and design tools reside on the desktop while the code and data base generators reside on the mainframe. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: IEW Checked: Yes Paperfile: 34 Vendor: KnowledgeWare, Inc. Address: 3340 Peachtree Rd., N.E., Suite 1100, Atlanta, GA 30026 Price: 4 x $8625 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC AT, IBM Mainframe Life cycle: planning, analysis, design, coding Methods: Gane/Sarson, Yourdon/DeMarco, Info. Eng., Chen, Constantine, BM-BSP, Method/1 Languages: COBOL Generators: production code, screen generation, documentation DBMS: ADABAS, DB/2, IDMS, IMS Installations: Knowledge Ware sold more than 12000 copies of its products (by end 1989) Comments: other pricing packages; training; third party compatible: Telon; code generation to PC and mainframe; window system support; multi-user access; the system comes in four separate packages working on the same DBMS system: planning WS, analysis WS, design WS, Construction WS. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: LYDDIA Checked: Yes Vendor: Lyddia Systems, Inc. Address: -- Price: $295 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC Life cycle: design, coding Methods: Info. Eng., Curtice/Jones Languages: -- Generators: -- DBMS: dbase III, DB/2, Focus, INGRES, Oracle, Informix Comments: other pricing packages, 1 DB gen. included only ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Life Cycle Productivity System Checked: Yes Vendor: American Management Systems, Inc. Address: 1777 North Kent St., Arlington, Va. 22209 Price: $6,000-12,000 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC and IBM mainframes Life cycle: analysis, design, coding, testing Methods: Various diagrams; methodology independent Languages: COBOL Generators: -- DBMS: generates SQL code; compatible with a wide range of databases. Comments: other pricing packages, third party compatible with Excelerator; no Windows support. Summary: The product covers the whole life cycle, includes extensive user guides and training. The system consists of 5 components: Strategic planner, System Designer, System Implementor, CORE Foundation Software, Life-Cycle Project Manager. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: MACAnalyst 2.0, MACdesigner 3.0 Checked: Yes Vendor: Excel Software, Inc. Address: -- Price: 2 x $795 Platform: Mac Life cycle: analysis, design Methods: Ward/Mellor Languages: -- Generators: -- DBMS: -- Comments: MACAnalyst: other pricing packages, interface to other CASE tools; MACdesigner: other pricing packages, OO support, interface to other CASE tools ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: MACBubbles Checked: Yes Vendor: StarSys, Inc. Address: -- Price: $780 Platform: Mac Life cycle: analysis Methods: Ward/Mellor, Yourdon/DeMarco, Hatley/Boeing Languages: -- Generators: -- DBMS: -- Comments: other pricing packages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Maestro Checked: Yes Vendor: Softlab, Inc. Address: Bayside Plaza, 188 Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94105 Price: $250,000 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC, IBM Mainframe, DEC VAX Life cycle: analysis, design, coding Methods: Yourdon/DeMarco, Gane/Sarson, Chen, Jackson, State-transition, Nassi-Schneidermann, HIPO Languages: COBOL, Pascal, C, PL/I Generators: screens, reports, documentation, pseudocode DBMS: central repository interfaces with Panvalet, Librarian and others. Installations: more than 550 sites (by end of 89) Comments: multi-user access; widely used in Europe; in US started in 89; allows each user to work on up to 12 documents in parallel with access to an unlimited number of documents for information over network. Summary: The system is not a life cycle methodology although it encompasses a number of them. It is methodology independent. The system is physically a three-tier system: front-end development on PCs or workstations, repository on departmental server, and the software being developed is to run on the third tier. Maestro includes tools for all phases of the life cycle including project management. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: MAGEC Checked: Yes Vendor: Al Lee & Associates Address: POB. 260319 Plano TX 75026 Price: $55,000--$200,000; PC: $9000 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC, IBM mainframe Life cycle: analysis, design, prototyping, coding, maintenance Methods: proprierity Languages: COBOL Generators: production code, screens, documentation DBMS: ADABAS, Datacom, DB/2, DBK, IMS Comments: other pricing packages; no window system support ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Manager Checked: Yes Vendor: Manager Software Products, Inc. Address: 131 Hardwell Av., Lexington MA 02173 Price: $150,000 up Platform: IBM PS/2, PC, IBM mainframe Life cycle: analysis, design, prototyping, coding, testing Methods: -- Languages: COBOL Generators: production code, screens, documentation DBMS: data dictionary Comments: other pricing packages; enterprise modeling, prototyping; no window system support ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Microstep Checked: Yes Paperfile: 42 Vendor: Syscorp Address: 9420 Research Blvd, Suite 200, Austin, Texas 78759 Price: $6000 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC AT Life cycle: design, prototyping, coding Methods: Yourdon/DeMarco Languages: C Generators: screens, reports, documentation Comments: other pricing packages; training ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Multi/Cam / 2.0 Checked: Yes Paperfile: 8 Vendor: AGS Management Systems, Inc. Address: 800 First Avenue, King of Prussia, PA 19406 Price: $19,500.-- Platform: IBM PS/2, PC Life cycle: planning, analysis, design, prototyping Methods: Gane/Sarson, Yourdon/DeMarco, Info. Eng., Merise Languages: various Generators: production code, screens, reports Installations: 650 workstation (end 1988); users group DBMS: Project library on files Comments: other pricing packages available. Summary: MULTI/CAM operates on a network of systems development workstations linked through LAN or global networks. It is targeted at the development and maintenance life-cycle. The system can be unbundled in a number of packages. It includes graphical prototyping and code generators for 4GL languages; interface to spreadsheets and electronic mail. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: NETRON / CAP Checked: Yes Paperfile: 12 Vendor: Netron, Inc. Address: 99 St.Regis Crescent North, Toronto, Canada,M3JIY9 Price: $50,000--$600,000 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC AT, IBM Mainframe, DEC VAX Life cycle: design, prototyping, coding Methods: proprierity Languages: COBOL Generators: production code, screens, documentation, reports DBMS: DB/2, INGRES, IDMS, IMS, Oracle, Rdb/VMS, Teradata Comments: COBOL code frames; window system support soon. Summary: The product offers a frame-based approach to Cobol code generation. The various versions can serve as development platforms for the others, allowing customers to off-load development to more convenient platforms. The product set consist of various tools, a development toolkit and a run-time environment. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Object Vision Checked: Yes Vendor: Object Vision, Inc. Address: -- Price: $399 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC Life cycle: analysis, design, coding Methods: proprierity Languages: C++, Pascal Generators: documentation, reports DBMS: -- Comments: other pricing packages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Pacbase Checked: Yes Paperfile: 1 Vendor: CGI Systems, Inc. Address: One Blue Hill Plaza,P.O.Box 1645,Pearl River, N.Y. 10965 Price: $86,000 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC, IBM Mainframe, Honeywell Bull, Unisys 1100 Life cycle: planing, analysis, design, coding, reverse engineering, maintenance Methods: Yourdon/DeMarco, Merise, Info. Eng., Flow diagrams Languages: COBOL Generators: SQL code, screens, reports, documentation DBMS: Pacbase mainframe-resident database Installations: over 550 worldwide (by end 1989) Comments: other pricing packages; multi-user access; unbundled in various packages; MS Windows support; training ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Personal Deft Checked: Yes Vendor: Deft, Inc. Address: 557 Dixon Rd, Ste. 110, Rexdale, ON M9W 1H7, CANADA Price: $2900 Platform: Mac Life cycle: analysis, design, limited prototyping Methods: Gane/Sarson, Yourdon/DeMarco, Info. Eng. Languages: -- Generators: documentation, reports DBMS:DB/2, INGRES, Oracle, Informix, Sybase Installations: approx. 500 copies (by 1989) Comments: interface to other CASE tools Summary: The system is targeted at users of relational DBMS. Models are developed on the Mac and then uploaded to various target DBMS on mainframes and workstations. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: POSE 4.0 Checked: Yes Paperfile: 17 Vendor: Computer Systems Advisers, Inc. Address: 50 Tice Blvd, Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey 07675 Price: $1195 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC Life cycle: planning, analysis, design, prototyping, source code generator (available separately) Methods: Gane/Sarson, Yourdon/DeMarco, Chen, Constantine, Finklestein Languages: -- Generators: documentation, reports DBMS: ADABAS, DB/2, Focus, SQL/DS Comments: other pricing packages; UNIX support, XENIX support; supports MS Windows; POSE is a suite of 9 packages, single package price: $495. Summary: POSE is targeted at information systems analysts and designers. It is modular. POSE consists of nine integrated analysis and design tools. POSE provides a consistent set of guidelines and standards to help planning, analyzing and designing of complex systems with graphic on-screen analysis and design capabilities. Documentation and reports generators are included. Minimum system requirements: An IBM PC-XT, PC-AT, PS/2 or compatible computer; DOS 3.0 or higher (either PC-DOS or MS-DOS), 512K Byte RAM, 1-10 MB of hard disk space for POSE software, CGA (or equivalent video card) and graphic monitor, Microsoft mouse or PC mouse, or compatibles, 1 serial port (for serial mouse), Epson or IBM printers, or compatibles. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: PowerPak Checked: Yes Paperfile: 29 Vendor: Polytron Corp. Address: 1700 NW 167th Place, Beaverton, OR 97006 Price: $1900 up Platform: IBM PS/2, PC, MAC, DEC VAX, SUN Life cycle: design, coding, configuration management Methods: tool kit Languages: many Generators: documentation, libraries DBMS: -- Comments: other pricing packages; unbundled packages available: PVCS, PolyMake, PolyLibrarian, PolyAWK, PolyDoc, C-Beautifier ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: PowerTools Checked: Yes Paperfile: 51 Vendor: Iconix Software Engineering, Inc. Address: 2800 28th Street, Suite 320, Santa Monica, CA 90405 Price: 2.0/SD, 2.0/OOD: $4495; 3.0: $5595 Platform: Mac Life cycle: analysis, design (not 2.0/OOD), coding, limited re-engineering, assessment, measurement and estimation Methods: Ward/Mellor, Yourdon/DeMarco, Hatley/Boeing Languages: ADA, Pascal, C, Fortran, Prolog, Modula-2, Lisp Generators: documentation, pseudocode DBMS: -- Comments: other pricing packages, OO support (not 2.0/SD); third party compatible: CADRE. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: PRODOC 3.4 Checked: Yes Vendor: Scandura Intelligent Systems, Inc. Address: 1249 Greentree Lane, Narberth, Pa. 19072 Price: $8400 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC AT, IBM Mainframe Life cycle: analysis, design, prototyping, coding, re-engineering, maintenance Methods: proprierity, DoD-STD-2167 Languages: ADA, C, COBOL, Fortran, Pascal Generators: production code, pseudocode, documentation DBMS: -- Comments: other pricing packages, OO support ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Prokit Workbench Checked: Yes Paperfile: 3 Vendor: McDonnell Douglas Corp. Address: 600 McDonnel Blvd., Bldg280/Code 2812301,Hazelwood, MO 63042 Price: $9200 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC, IBM Mainframe Life cycle: analysis, design, prototyping Methods: Gane/Sarson, Info. Eng., Constantine, Bachman, Stradis Languages: -- Generators: production code, screens, documentation DBMS: Pro IV Installations: more than 2000 (end of 1989); Users group Comments: other pricing packages, code gen. to PC and mainframe; supports Windows. Summary: The system is targeted at managers at analysts. It automates the application strategic systems planning, analysis and design phases. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Project Workbench 3.05 Checked: Yes Paperfile: 10 Vendor: Applied Business Technology Corp. Address: 361 Broadway, New York, NY 10013 Price: $1275 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC Life cycle: planning Methods: -- Languages: -- Generators: -- DBMS: dBase III Installations: 40,000 installations worldwide (by 1990) Comments: other pricing packages, interface to other CASE tools including excelerator; Summary: Project Workbench automatically outlines a project into three levels. More levels can be added as needed. The system offers six time scales from days to years. Precise project scheduling is ensured by global, project and resource calendars. When revising plans, the Gantt Chart displays both original start/end dates and revised dates to show where the project stands against the baseline schedule. Actuals can be captured online by resource and time period on an electronic timesheet. You can track actuals against original baseline information for dates, work efforts and budgets. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Promod Checked: Yes Paperfile: 30 Vendor: Promod, Inc. Address: 23685 Birtcher Drive,El Toro, CA 92630 Price: $500--$3495 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC, DEC VAX Life cycle: analysis, design, prototyping, coding, re-engineering, real-time simulation Methods: Yourdon/DeMarco, Hatley/Pirbhai, DFD Languages: C, Ada, Pascal Generators: production code, screens, reports DBMS: prop. database; import/export capability via ASCII files Comments: -- Summary: Promod is a family of integrated tools: Promod/SA supports SA; Promod/RT real- time simulation with SA extensions; Promod/MD supports modular design. It takes the output of SA or RT and produces a suggested control hierarchy of subsystems and modules with emphasis on abstract data types; Promod/DC (design charts) draws charts from design data; Promod/TMS (traceability matrix system) cross- references items; Prmod/CM (configuration management) compares current design database against DEC/CMS and reports all changes, additions and deletions. Pro/Source generates code from the modular design data; ProCap (code and design maintenance) source code checking and documentation; Re/Source allows limited re-engineering. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: ProVision Checked: Yes Vendor: Stratagem, Inc. Address: -- Price: $9995 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC Life cycle: planning, analysis, design, prototyping Methods: Gane/Sarson, Yourdon/DeMarco, Info. Eng., real-time simulation, Merise Languages: screen generator (PL/I), screen code generator (COBOL) Generators: -- DBMS: DB/2, SQL/DS Comments: other pricing packages, Excelerator required ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Retrofit Checked: Yes Vendor: XA Systems, Inc. Address: International Headquarters, 983 University Ave., Los Gatos, Ca 95030 Price: -- Platform: IBM PS/2, PC AT Life cycle: re-engineering Methods: Bohm/Jaropini Languages: COBOL Generators: -- DBMS: -- Comments: -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Reverse Engineering Tool Checked: Yes Vendor: Chen Associates Address: -- Price: $3995 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC Life cycle: re-engineering Methods: Info. Eng. Languages: -- Generators: -- DBMS: dbase III, Datacom, DB/2, Model 204, INGRES, IDMS, IMS, Nomad, Oracle, SQL/DS, Sybase Installations: 100 (end 1989) Comments: other pricing packages, includes Ingres or Oracle or Sybase or Zim (others extra), interface to other CASE tools ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Silverrun Checked: Yes Paperfile: 19 Vendor: XA Systems, Inc. Address: International Headquarters, 983 University Ave., Los Gatos, Ca 95030 Price: $2000 Platform: MAC, IBM PS/2, PC AT Life cycle: planning, analysis Methods: Gane/Sarson, proprierity, Merise Languages: COBOL Generators: SQL code, documentation DBMS: SQL based Comments: other pricing packages Summary: SILVERRUN is a modular CASE toolset for analysis and design of entity relationship and logical data models, data flow diagrams and layouts of screens and reports. It is designed to run on Apple Macintosh and recently PS/2 to allow designers and modelers the flexibility of designing their systems offline from the corporate mainframe. System requirements: 1MB MACINTOSH; 800kb flexible dik drives or a hard-disk drive. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Software through Pictures Checked: Yes Paperfile: 23 Vendor: Interactive Development Environments, Inc. Address: 595 Market St., Ste 1200, San Francisco, CA 94105 Price: $7000--$15000 Platform: Unix Workstations Life cycle: analysis, design, prototyping, coding Methods: Yourdon/DeMarco, Gane/Sarson, Jackson, Chen, flow diagrams, state- transition, Nassi-Schneidermann, extensible, DOD-STD-2167 Languages: C, C++, Ada, Pascal Generators: production code, screens, reports, documentation DBMS: Oracle, various others via SQL Installations: 1200 copies at 200 sites (end 1988); users group Comments: the system offers a wide range of customizations and extensions; X windows support; multi-user access Summary: A powerful workstation based product for automatic documentation, requirements traceability and analysis of the data dictionary. Documentation can be exported to Framemaker. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Specwriter Checked: Yes Vendor: Accelerated Systems, Inc. Address: -- Price: $295 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC Life cycle: design, prototyping Methods: proprierity, PROTOTYPER: Wysiwyg Languages: -- Generators: -- DBMS: -- Comments: other pricing packages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Structured Architect Workbench 1.0 Checked: Yes Paperfile: 37 Vendor: Meta Systems Address: 315 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor MI 48108 Price: $6995 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC AT Life cycle: analysis, design Methods: Ward/Mellor, Yourdon/DeMarco, PSL/PSA, DoD-STD-2167 Languages: -- Generators: screens, reports, documentation DBMS: PSL/PSA can be customized to support any given set of objects and relationships Installations: approx. 550 (by 1989); users group Comments: other pricing packages; seven different CASE tools ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Sylva Foundry 7.5 Checked: Yes Vendor: CADWARE, Inc. Address: -- Price: $8500 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC AT Life cycle: analysis, design, prototyping, limited re-engineering Methods: EXTENSIBLE: customize your own method Languages: COBOL Generators: documentation DBMS: -- Comments: other pricing packages; supports MS Windows. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Sylva System Developer 7.0 Checked: Yes Vendor: CADWARE, Inc. Address: -- Price: $3495 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC AT Life cycle: analysis, design, prototyping, coding Methods: Gane/Sarson, Ward/Mellor, Yourdon/DeMarco, Info. Eng., Constantine, State transition Languages: COBOL Generators: screen code generator, production code DBMS: -- Comments: other pricing packages, UNIX support, XENIX support, supports MS Windows. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: System Architect 1.9 Checked: Yes Paperfile: 14 Vendor: Popkins Software and Systems, Inc. Address: 111 Prospect St., Suite 505, Stamford, CT 06901 Price: $1395 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC Life cycle: analysis, design, testing Methods: Gane/Sarson, Ward/Mellor, Yourdon/DeMarco, Info. Eng., real-time simulation, Bachman Languages: screen code generator (COBOL) Generators: -- DBMS: data dictionary Comments: other pricing packages; OO support (optional); supports MS Windows; supports merging of data dictionaries from multiple users. Summary: User defined attributes can be set via ASCII file. Primitive type and list type attributes are supported. An import/export capability is supported to comma delimited format for spread sheet interfacing will permit these attributes to be used in producing various matrices as well as for use in modelling or producing specialized analysis. Data dictionary and diagram editing is possible simultaneously. The system includes capabilities for test planning and tracking. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Teamwork Checked: Yes Paperfile: 35 Vendor: Cadre Technologies, Inc. Address: 222 Richmond St., Providence, R.I. 02903 Price: PC: $995; OS/2 3.0: $4995; Unix: $7500--$15000 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC AT, Unix workstations Life cycle: planning, analysis, design Methods: Yourdon/DeMarco, Constantine, real-time simulation, Schlaer/Mellor, extensible Languages: Ada, C Generators: production code, documentation DBMS: interface available Installations: more than 4000 (by end 1988) Comments: real-time module available, other pricing packages, third party compatible: Telon; multi-user support; window system support; open architecture allows extensions; training Summary: A workstation based environment high-end environment. The ACCESS component is an open architecture allowing the integration of Teamwork/SA, RT (real-time) and SD front-end analysis and design tools with back-end documentation, project management and software development tools. CADRE claims that a user could create a specialized, integrated software life cycle support environment using the open architecture. Teamwork/IM supports ER modelling. The system runs on wide range of UNIX platform. Teamwork PCSA is a powerful PC-based version of the system. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Telon Teamwork 1.0 and PWS Checked: Yes Vendor: Pansophic Systems, Inc. Address: 709 Enterprise Dr., Oak Brook, IL 60521 Price: Teamwork 1.0: $6500; PWS: $6100 Platform: IBM PS/2, IBM Mainframe Life cycle: analysis, design, prototyping, limited prototyping, coding, cross life cycle Methods: Yourdon/DeMarco, Info. Eng., Constantine, Hatley/Pirbhai Languages: COBOL, PL/I Generators: production code, screens, reports DBMS: DB/2, IMS Installations: approx. 370 (by end 1988) Comments: other pricing packages, code gen. to PC and mainframe; testing packages; only Teamwork: min. config.: 2 units; only PWS: min. config.: 5 units ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Developer Checked: Yes Paperfile: 24 Vendor: ASYST Technologies, Inc. Address: 155 Wilson Blvd., Suite 555, Arlington, Va 22209 Price: $7100 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC AT Life cycle: planning, analysis, design, prototyping Methods: Gane/Sarson, Ward/Mellor, Yourdon/DeMarco, Info. Eng., Chen, real- time simulation, Hatley/Pirbhai, Jackson, Merise, Bachman, EXTENSIBLE: customize your own method, IBM-BSP, Finklestein, DoD- STD-2167 Languages: -- Generators: Documentation, Reports DBMS: third party interface available Installations: approx. 1500 copies (by end 1989) Comments: real-time module available, other pricing packages, OO support, interface to other CASE tools, code gen. to PC and mainframe; training ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: USER: Expert Systems Checked: Yes Vendor: Information Systems Engineering, Inc. Address: -- Price: $16600 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC Life cycle: planning, analysis, design, prototyping, coding Methods: Info. Eng., Finklestein Languages: -- Generators: -- DBMS: DB/2, INGRES, Oracle Comments: other pricing packages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Visible Analyst Workbench 3.1 Checked: Yes Paperfile: 15 Vendor: Visible Systems, Inc. Address: 950 Winter St, Waltham, MA 02154 Price: $1795 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC Life cycle: analysis, design, prototyping Methods: Gane/Sarson, Yourdon/DeMarco, Constantine, extensible: customize your own method Languages: language-independent Generators: screen code generator (COBOL) DBMS: -- Installations: 6300 copies (by end 1988) Comments: other pricing packages; training ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: vsDesigner Checked: Yes Paperfile: 29 Vendor: Visual Software, Inc. Address: 3945 Freedom Circle, Ste 540, Santa Clara, CA 95054 Price: $1995 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC, UNIX Life cycle: analysis, design Methods: Gane/Sarson, Ward/Mellor, Yourdon/DeMarco, Warnier/ Orr, Info. Eng., Schlaer/Mellor, EXTENSIBLE: customize your own method Languages: any Generators: SQL code, documentation DBMS: prop. LAN based server object base Installations: approx. 1500 copies (by end 1988); users group Comments: other pricing packages; third party compatible via SQL interface; unbundled in various packages. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Winpro/2 Checked: Yes Vendor: Xian Corp. Address: 625 N. Monroe St., Ridgewood, NJ 07450 Price: $395 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC AT/XT Life cycle: design, coding Methods: -- Languages: C Generators: MS Windows prototyper; C code generation DBMS: -- Comments: A Windows software development environment that does not run under Windows; requires direct use of the resource script file but offer sophisticated coding capabilities. C limited to MS C; some other C's do not even compile under Winpro/2. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Yourdon Analyst/Designer Toolkit 7.0 Checked: Yes Paperfile: 21 Vendor: Yourdon, Inc. Address: Forum II, 8521 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, NC 27615 Price: $2495 Platform: IBM PS/2, PC AT Life cycle: analysis, design, limited prototyping Methods: Yourdon/DeMarco Languages: COBOL Generators: screen code (COBOL), report, documentation DBMS: dBASEIII format dictionary Installations: 3000 (at end 1988) Comments: other pricing packages; training -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ============================================================================== Thanks, Albert.