Assimilating Case Tools in Organizations

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Excerpt from Assimilating Case Tools in Organizations: An Empirical Study of the Process and Context of Case Tools, October 1989 This paper describes a study into how CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering tools are deployed by information systems units within organizations. The study explored the process by which CASE tools are assimilated by organizations, and how this process is influenced by various organizational and technological factors. Case studies of eleven companies who have adopted a single CASE tool were conducted, and the findings from this investigation were analyzed in terms of the conceptual frameworks of innovation research. The data reveal that nominal amounts of time and effort are spent on evaluating the CASE tools prior to their adoption, and that as a result, organizational consequences of these tools are poorly apprehended. Further, a number of key factors facilitating and inhibiting the process of CASE tools assimilation were identified. The implications of these findings for research and practice arc discussed, and specific recommendations for managing the implementation of CASE tools are provided. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.