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From: jgautier@vangogh.ads.com (Jorge Gautier)
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Subject: Re: Tools Assessment Symposium call for papers
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Date: 9 May 91 22:05:45 GMT
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In-Reply-To: elliot@progress.COM's message of 9 May 91 14:29:50 GMT

In article <1991May9.142950.4515@progress.com> elliot@progress.COM (Elliot  Chikofsky) writes:
>   In the last few years, there has been a major renaissance in the availability, 
>   kinds, and scope of software development tools.  The growth of the CASE 
>   umbrella, repository architectures and the widespread use of workstation 
>   technology have changed the nature of tools.  They have also introduced new 
>   levels of complexity in the problem of determining whether tools are making 
>   the development process more effective.  There is no clear and simple way to 
>   go about assessing tools and matching them to the needs of development 
>   organizations.

Don't worry.  Someone will write a tool to assist tool assesment.  :-)