OO Case tools

[Patrick B. Haggood]

I got a bunch of requests for summaries (and even a few replies!) for the question I
posted a few weeks ago asking for info about OO CASE tools for Windows. Sorry it took
so long for the summary; cut and paste are not implemented within HellDiver windows
and I was lothe to stitch the thing together by hand. Anyhow, here it is:

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From loughborough.ac.uk!A.H.Al_ashaab Wed Jan 6 11:02:55 1993 remote from prjup

Try to Contact Grady Booch He is making a special discount
of Rational Rose that support Booch Methodology.
I have seen a demo of the tools. Its good. the price for education
is very good. they have it on both UNIX and PC Windows

Grady Booch EMail is e...@Rational.COM he is very helpful

Ahmed AL-ASHAAB
Manuf. Eng Dept., Loughborough Univ of Tech
Loughborough, Leics LE11 3TU, England.
EMail : A.H.Al...@lut.ac.uk OR ah...@mansun.lut.ac.uk
Tel 0509-263171 Ext. 4247 Fax. 0509-267725

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From ctp.com!dchen Wed Jan 6 10:02:26 1993 remote from prjup

Try the following:

1. ObjectMaker.
Vendor info:
Mark V Systems
16400 Ventura Blvd.
Encino, CA 91436
Phone: (818) 995-7671

2. ParadigmPlus.
Vendor info:
ProtoSoft
17629 EL Camino Real Suite 202
Houston, TX 77058
Phone: (713) 480-3233

3. OMTool
Vendor info:
GE Advance Concept Ceneter
Phone: (215) 992-6207

* I called GE about OMTool from an ad I saw in Object magazine and they faxed me an info pack.
Their tool is in the $5K range and runs on Unix boxes. They say it is for industrial sized
projects, and it's the one they use in-house. They also provide object oriented analysis,
design and programming classes and consulting.
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From palladio.mixcom.com!dae Thu Jan 7 04:19:10 1993 remote from prjup

Rational sells CASE tools supporting Booch notation: Rational Rose
(runs on Motif systems) ($3995) and Rational Rose for Windows (runs on
PC compatibles with MS Windows 3.0 or 3.1) ($495). The latter was
developed (and is still being developed) by our company, Palladio
Software, so my opinions may be biased. The Windows product is
very easy to use and learn, and at $495, allows you to get into
the CASE market at a more reasonable price than some other CASE
tools. Granted, it is missing some features common to most CASE
tools, like code generation and reverse engineering, however these
features are under development. To receive more information
or a free demonstration diskette, call Rational at (408) 496-3700.

Douglas Earl
Palladio Software
d...@palladio.mixcom.com

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From: Hasko Heinecke <ha...@heeg.de>

In article <4I5RrA1...@prjup.mi.org> you write:
>I've been using 3x5 cards for some smaller projects but I'd really like
>to start using some sort of analysis and design tool and start using
>the machine for the entire project. Are there any OO CASE tool users
>out there? What do you use? Any recommendations? What are the price
>ranges?

Right now we are developing a complete CASE tool. Complete means that
we will support analysis, design, implementation, debugging, and
writing of user's and programmer's manuals, plus whatever we'll come
up with later.

As I said, this tool is being developed. On the Cebit trade show in
Hannover, Germany, in March '93 we will introduce a prototype that
will support Analysis only.

The tool, called "TOOL", will use the Object Behavior Analysis, a
methodology developed by ParcPlace Systems, a well known company in
the object-oriented field. The tool, however is developed by our
company, see below.

For more information on either the tool or OBA, please mail to
in...@heeg.de.

Hasko Heinecke

Georg Heeg Objektorientierte Systeme
Baroper Str. 337
D-4600 Dortmund 50
Germany

Tel +49 231 97599 0
Fax +49 231 97599 20

e-mail sup...@heeg.de

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From: ddu...@sti.nasa.gov (Denise Duncan)
Message-Id: <930113205...@nova.Sti.NASA.GOV>
To: p...@prjup.mi.org
Subject: Re: OO CASE tooks; recommendations?
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools,comp.object,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
References: <4I5RrA1...@prjup.mi.org>

I've used Palladio SW's (414) 789 5253 design tool Object Oriented Designer.
It implements Booch's methodology (very well, I think). It runs under
Microsoft Windows, provides support from requirements analysis, through
specification, to preliminary technical design.

I haven't seen the latest version (mine is 1 version earlier), so contact
the company for the most reliable info on the product.

Denise Duncan
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Finally, send mail to Shelly at Rational (shellyr@mail_pc.rational.com ). If you ask nicely and
send your surface mail address she may send you a nifty info package about Rational's
Unix and PC CASE products and a Booch template.

BTW I read in the info package that Booch's notation is in the public domain. Does anyone know
if the Yourdon and Coad or the Rumbaugh methods are also PD? I figure Wirfks-Brock et al are
since their method advocates using 3x5 cards.....

I'm interested in finding out about Yourdon and Coad because I really like their books and their
notation, but their tool is mucho dinero ($2K vs $500 for the Booch tool, which I believe has more
features).

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