developer.* - The Independent Magazine for Software Professionalsdeveloper.* (DeveloperDotStar.com) is an independent magazine and community for software development professionals. developer.* Magazine features high quality original articles, essays, interviews, and book reviews, published in a traditional magazine format (only without all the paper) with a focus on a wide variety of topics of interest to software developers and other software professionals. And don't miss developer.* Blogs.Object Oriented CASE Tools: Lost Opportunities and Future Directions By Mario Van Damme- July 23, 2006 In this article the author explores the past and future of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools, from the "traditional" structured tools of years long past to today's "third generation" Object Oriented modeling and CASE tools--and beyond into possible futures. Ironically, the author finds that the future lies in the past.Click here for the full article.http://www.developerdotstar.com/mag/articles/oo_case.html SuccessFailure Criteria: Some Surprises By Robert L. Glass- July 4, 2006 At a breakfast seminar here June 6 on "Factors for IT Project Success and Failure," Prof. June Verner of NICTA provided a fascinating mix of surprises and predictables related to her subject topic. The findings came from NICTAs study of 400 projects in the U.S., Australia, and Chile, using questionnaires and interviews to discuss success and failure factors with practitioners.Click here for the full article.http://www.developerdotstar.com/mag/articles/software_success_failure.html |