[AccessD] Tools to help the development proces

Marcel,

This tool called Enterprise Architect from Sparx Systems -
http://www.sparxsystems.com.au - seems to be a good candidate tool for your
specification work. And its UML based. And it is almost "dirt" cheap taking
into account its power. And the info that Rational is acquired by IBM -

"Microsoft in spotlight over Borland swoop"
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/28550.html

means for me that this Enterprise Architect modelling tool is getting now
more chances to grow into even more powerful software product when Rational
is lost(?) for the market as an independent player in the UML
modelling/specification area...

TOP SECRET: Enterprise Architect keeps all the specs in an MS Access
database (at least first versions, which I used to use) - so you can easily
extend it to your needs getting modelling info from its database and
combining it with your custom metadata...

HTH,
Shamil

P.S. I'm not working for/with Sparx Systems... yet? :)

----- Original Message -----
From: <marcel.vreuls at achmea.nl>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 1:48 PM
Subject: [AccessD] Tools to help the development proces


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> Hi Group,
>
> There are a lot of programmers, experienced less experienced, everybody
has
> it own way of working.  Programming skills en techniques are mostly not
the
> issue. You can get a book and learn-study some. What I am curious about is
> if there is anyone who use softwaretools (could be a complete app or just
> an excel sheet or just by head) to help him-her with the development
> proces.
>
> At the moment I am working freelance at a large insurance companie in
> Holland. The discussion is starting if the use of a CASETOOL could
> structure, improve, speed up the development proces. Now each
> WISH/Functionality is being described in a Functional Design then that
> design is being translated to a technical design. All stored in a word
> document with several chapters. It costs very lot of time to read
> everything and take that part of the design which you need.
>
> For myself I have started to work on a database in which I split up
> business functions and group all technical functions used in that
> businessfunction. Now this tool is to be used by more programmers and
added
> functionality with it. This keeps work for me as freelancer :-).
>
> I am looking for other tools, Suggestions, remarkts, stories, experiences
> which I and offcourse the readers of this list can use to improve their
own
> development proces.
>
> Tnx. Marcel
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