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From: len@geac.UUCP (Leonard Vanek)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Software Project Management
Message-ID: <164@geac.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 31-Oct-86 09:29:36 EST
Article-I.D.: geac.164
Posted: Fri Oct 31 09:29:36 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 4-Nov-86 06:18:52 EST
References: <4033@amdahl.UUCP>
Reply-To: len@geac.UUCP (Leonard Vanek)
Organization: Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
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Keywords: software, diagrams, flow, charts, lifecycle, design, coding, testing

In article <4033@amdahl.UUCP> howard@amdahl.UUCP (Howard C. Simonson) writes:
>In an effort to tap the power of the net...
>
>I have been looking for a package(s) for the Mac that does ( what's the
>current catch-phrase ) Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE); that
>*sounds* right.  Anyway, I'm looking for the MacProject of software
>development.  The ability to draw a structured flow diagram of our
>software project, refine it, add attributes of some sort to different
>items in the diagram.

There is such a product! It is called "Deft" and it is
produced by 
				Disus 
				Suite 110, 557 Dixon Rd.
				Rexdale, Ontario M9W 1H7
				Canada
				phone (416) 249-2246

Disus is primarily a developer of VMS software, but they
wrote Deft originally because they needed it. I have used a
demo version and I am *very* impressed. I have a purchase
requisition in for it right now.

Deft actually consists of 4 components, each of which is
sold separately. These components and their (Canadian)
prices are:

		"D" - an editor for Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs) based
			  the Gane and Sarson Methodology, which is
			  similar to Yourdon's. This is actually what
			  was asked for in the original query. ($3000)
		
		"e" - an editor for Entity-Relation Diagrams (ERDs)
			  which is used for design of data structures.
			  ($3000).

		"f" - a screen forma design tool plus other features
			  that I am not sure about because this was not
			  part of the demo. ($2000)

		"t" - a translator to convert the Mac-based design
			  to a prototype implementation on a VAX. This
			  is not yet available and will have to be
			  customized to various possible implementation
			  environments (e.g. commercial DBMSs such as
			  Ingres and Oracle as well a VAX COBOL, etc.)
			  ($10,000)

The first two components together make a very good design
tool. There is no need to get the others if you don't want
or need them.

Of course, the usual disclaimer. I have no connection with
Disus in any way except as a potential customer.

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