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Use of methods and CASE-tools in Norway: Results from a survey

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Results on use of methodology and CASE-tools from a survey investigation performed in Norwegian organizations are presented. The results are based on responses from 52 Norwegian organizations on a survey investigation on development and maintenance.

Although there appears to be a trend towards the use of more packaged solutions, the investigation indicates a larger proportions of application systems being developed as customized systems in larger organizations. The presence of a comprehensive development and maintenance methodology and the use of CASE-tools are also more prominent in larger organizations. Larger organizations also use statistically significant less of their effort on functional maintenance. Even though, the impact of CASE-tools on the information systems portfolios of Norwegian organizations are not yet large, and improvements in functional maintenance can not be attributed to the use of CASE. A notably different perception on the benefit of CASE-technology for productivity was observed between users and non-users of CASE, but the difference was not found to be statistically significant.

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Krogstie, J. Use of methods and CASE-tools in Norway: Results from a survey. Autom Software Eng 3, 347–367 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00132572

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