Ebook: Automating Systems Development

1 INTRODUCTION These proceedings are the result of a conference on Automating Systems Development held at Leicester Polytechnic, England on 14 to 16 April 1987. The conference was attended by over 170 delegates from industry and academia and it represents a comprehensive review of the state of the art of the use of the computer based tools for the analysis, design and construction of Information Systems (IS). Two parallel streams ran throughout the conference. The academic, or research, papers were the fruit of British, European and Canadian research, with some of the papers reflecting UK Government funded Alvey or European ESPRIT research projects. Two important touchstones guided the selection of academic papers. Firstly, they should be primarily concerned with system, rather than program, development. Secondly, they should be easily accessible to delegates and readers. We felt that formal mathematical papers had plenty of other opportunities for airing and publication. The second stream was the applied programme; a set of formal presentations given by leading software vendors and consultancies. It is clear that many advances in systems development are actually applied, rather than re­ search led. Thus it was important for delegates to hear how leading edge companies view the State of the Art. This was supported by a small exhibi­ tion area where certain vendors demonstrated the software they had intro­ duced in the formal presentation.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Tool Box Design Philosophy....Pages 3-7
The Impact of Fourth Generation Tools in Practice—Three Case Histories....Pages 9-17
A Case History of the Development and Implementation of a System Using MIMER and Prototyping....Pages 19-22
Flexible Design of Manufacturing Information Systems....Pages 23-34
4GL Productivity Through Information Engineering....Pages 35-39
DB4GL - An Intelligent Database System....Pages 41-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-68
Can Fact—Finding be Automated?....Pages 69-82
Accelerating the Analysis/Design Transition With the Transform Analyser....Pages 83-91
Implementing Relational Data Bases: Automating the Mapping Processes....Pages 93-109
PLEX - A Structured Line Diagram Editor....Pages 111-119
MAJIC - Automating JSP Program Design and Development....Pages 121-134
Computer-Aided Design Of Software: Research and Experience....Pages 135-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-160
Automating a Systems Development Methodology: The LBMS Experience....Pages 161-173
Tetrarch — A System Development Methodology With Automated Tools....Pages 175-185
Intellipse: A Knowledge Based Tool for an Integrated Project Support Environment....Pages 187-194
Methodologies and Tools for Real-Time Systems....Pages 195-202
Making Structured Methods Work: Using an Embedded Expert System to Monitor the Use of Methodology in an Analyst’s Workbench — The Information Engineering Workbench....Pages 203-211
Automating Information Engineering....Pages 213-229
Introducing Workbench Tools into a Development Environment....Pages 231-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-244
IPSES In Support Of Teams....Pages 245-249
Front Matter....Pages 243-244
Perspective Kernel — The Basis for a General Purpose IPSE....Pages 251-255
Fortune — An IPSE Documentation Tool....Pages 257-266
An Investigation into a Systems Development Technique....Pages 267-282
A View Mechanism for an Integrated Project Support Environment....Pages 283-298
Using Databases to Automate System Development....Pages 299-313
Knuth With Knobs On — Literate Program Development....Pages 315-328
Front Matter....Pages 329-330
The Role of the Corporate Dictionary....Pages 331-335
Entity Modelling and Intelligent Dictionaries....Pages 337-345
Automated Support Using a Mainframe Data Dictionary for Analysis and Data Modelling at a Major International Bank....Pages 347-352
An Application Environment....Pages 353-359
High-Level Design for Office Automation With Supporting Graphics Facilities....Pages 361-388
Are There Non Real-Time Systems?....Pages 389-395
The Use of Frame-Based Knowledge Representation Techniques in Prototyping....Pages 397-417
Front Matter....Pages 419-420
Time to Change the Culture of Information Systems Departments....Pages 421-426
The Rubric Project: A New Paradigm for Information Systems Development....Pages 427-440
Designing a Method Driven Software Development Environment....Pages 441-452
An Environment Definition Model For Metasystem Support....Pages 453-475
Specifying Procedures to Office Systems....Pages 477-500
Back Matter....Pages 501-504

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Tool Box Design Philosophy....Pages 3-7
The Impact of Fourth Generation Tools in Practice—Three Case Histories....Pages 9-17
A Case History of the Development and Implementation of a System Using MIMER and Prototyping....Pages 19-22
Flexible Design of Manufacturing Information Systems....Pages 23-34
4GL Productivity Through Information Engineering....Pages 35-39
DB4GL - An Intelligent Database System....Pages 41-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-68
Can Fact—Finding be Automated?....Pages 69-82
Accelerating the Analysis/Design Transition With the Transform Analyser....Pages 83-91
Implementing Relational Data Bases: Automating the Mapping Processes....Pages 93-109
PLEX - A Structured Line Diagram Editor....Pages 111-119
MAJIC - Automating JSP Program Design and Development....Pages 121-134
Computer-Aided Design Of Software: Research and Experience....Pages 135-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-160
Automating a Systems Development Methodology: The LBMS Experience....Pages 161-173
Tetrarch — A System Development Methodology With Automated Tools....Pages 175-185
Intellipse: A Knowledge Based Tool for an Integrated Project Support Environment....Pages 187-194
Methodologies and Tools for Real-Time Systems....Pages 195-202
Making Structured Methods Work: Using an Embedded Expert System to Monitor the Use of Methodology in an Analyst’s Workbench — The Information Engineering Workbench....Pages 203-211
Automating Information Engineering....Pages 213-229
Introducing Workbench Tools into a Development Environment....Pages 231-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-244
IPSES In Support Of Teams....Pages 245-249
Front Matter....Pages 243-244
Perspective Kernel — The Basis for a General Purpose IPSE....Pages 251-255
Fortune — An IPSE Documentation Tool....Pages 257-266
An Investigation into a Systems Development Technique....Pages 267-282
A View Mechanism for an Integrated Project Support Environment....Pages 283-298
Using Databases to Automate System Development....Pages 299-313
Knuth With Knobs On — Literate Program Development....Pages 315-328
Front Matter....Pages 329-330
The Role of the Corporate Dictionary....Pages 331-335
Entity Modelling and Intelligent Dictionaries....Pages 337-345
Automated Support Using a Mainframe Data Dictionary for Analysis and Data Modelling at a Major International Bank....Pages 347-352
An Application Environment....Pages 353-359
High-Level Design for Office Automation With Supporting Graphics Facilities....Pages 361-388
Are There Non Real-Time Systems?....Pages 389-395
The Use of Frame-Based Knowledge Representation Techniques in Prototyping....Pages 397-417
Front Matter....Pages 419-420
Time to Change the Culture of Information Systems Departments....Pages 421-426
The Rubric Project: A New Paradigm for Information Systems Development....Pages 427-440
Designing a Method Driven Software Development Environment....Pages 441-452
An Environment Definition Model For Metasystem Support....Pages 453-475
Specifying Procedures to Office Systems....Pages 477-500
Back Matter....Pages 501-504
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