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Visual Case tool - Why use a
CASE tool?
An analysis, modeling and
design tool
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Visual
Case
is leading the way in AMD tools for
comprehensiveness, ease of use, and intuitiveness. At
Artiso Corp. we believe that good analysis, modeling, and
design tools should be clear, intuitive, and usable.
Otherwise, how can your designs be the same?
THE
PROBLEM:
Every development team wants to produce a
robust, scalable and maintainable software system that meets
end-user requirements. More often than not, software projects fail to
meet one or more of these goals.
Mistakes, omissions,
and miscommunications in the early stages of planning and
design of the system are often to blame.
Even systems that are successfully put into
production can be difficult to maintain on an ongoing
basis. It gets harder to respond quickly and effectively
to the evolving needs of the user community as systems become
more complicated and as users become more reliant on the
software in every aspect of their
business.
HOW CAN VISUAL
CASE HELP?
An AMD tool can help to put the proper
emphasis on the planning, analysis
and design
of your software system. Too often, the temptation is
to start programming right away so that you
can deliver something quickly. Instead, it is important to take the proper
time to determine the scope of
the project, understand the user requirements and design a
solution.
Many system developments fail because of the
inability to manage the scope of the
project. Project requirements have a tendency to grow
during development, threatening the quality and the schedule
of the development effort. Visual Case provides the
management tools to allow you to effectively define the
deliverables of your software project and to communicate them
to the users before programming starts.
Application development is a team-effort. Developers
must communicate
design decisions effectively between the members of the
development team. Even an independent consultant
must work with the users and management to bring a project to
successful completion. Visual Case designs can be
published to a project intranet site as they evolve and our
diagrams and reports are a great way to facilitate
communications among developers, users and
managers.
Visual Case is flexible, intuitive, and easy to
use. Many other AMD tools are formalized
and very strict; they have rigid rules regarding design and
implementation. Some have a tendency to be pedantic
and impose unrealistic restraints on what is essentially a
creative endeavour. Visual Case provides the tools
that you need to formally design a large, complex
project without requiring a steep learning curve.
You can use as much or as little of the functionality as you
want.
The UML is rich with features
and can be overwhelming to new users. We have
worked hard to bring you the essentials of the UML in a
friendly, intuitive and practical environment. To learn
more about Visual Case's UML tools, visit our UML
tutorial or our UML tour.
Visual Case also incorporates a number
of other diagrams such as the traditional data flow and flow
chart. These
are useful where the full weight of the UML is not
required. Visual Case will not stand in the way of quick
solutions for simple tasks.
Unlike some other AMD tools, Visual Case incorporates
database design and
engineering components in the standard
product. Use Visual Case to design a new
database, move a legacy database to a new platform, roll-out
changes from your development to production environments, or
to document an existing database. To learn more about
Visual Case's database design tools, visit our database design tutorial
or our database engineering tutorial.
Design
once, implement anywhere! Many corporations and consultants are wary of
committing to vendor specific solutions. Visual Case
designs can be implemented on any platform. Database
designs can be engineered to many different database
engines. Visual Case itself is written in Java and will
install on Linux, Windows, Mac and Solaris
platforms.
Visual Case is priced to use. Even
independent consultants and small development teams need
effective design tools. However, many AMD tools are too
expensive for these users. Visual Case provides all the
functionality in one product: there are no add-ons to
buy. Support and maintainance releases are
free.
We offer a free 30 day trial of Visual
Case. The trial version is fully functional.
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