CASE METHOD: FAST TRACK

Structured software development methods such as CASE Method offer significant productivity gains for business applications, dramatically improving the likelihood of getting it right the first time and reducing the risk of projects running over time and budget. More recently, iterative methods have been introduced with the aim of using rapid prototyping to speed the development process further for suitable projects.
As CASE Method Fast-track: A RAD Approach reveals, the key to success is 'light but tight' project management. It shows how project management techniques must evolve to match the evolution of fast-track development methods, whilst emphasizing the importance of user involvement and training, the evolutionary approach to documentation, and the acceleration and quality that can be provided by CASE tools.
CASE Method Fast-track: A RAD Approach provides a highly practical guide to using rapid prototyping techniques within the CASE Method framework.

Richard Barker is a main board director of ORACLE Corporation UK Limited and a Vice President of ORACLE Europe, responsible for the Oracle system development method, CASE Method, and the development of CASE and Application Package software using the ORACLE RDBMS. He established a training division to provide education in the use of Oracle products, methods and strategic thinking. He has lectured internationally on relational database technology, CASE, and systems development.

Dai Clegg has worked in the software industry for twenty years and has gained wide experience in a variety of companies in the public and private sector, in user organizations and in service companies. In 1988 he joined Oracle's CASE product development group with responsibility for product definition. In addition, he retains real-world contact at seminars and conferences around the world and by practical involvement with Oracle customers' projects.

Richard Barker is an acknowledged expert in database and CASE technology and their practical application. He was a founder director of Oracle UK and led the development of the CASE Method and CASE tools for ten years. He is now in the position of Senior Vice-President at Open Vision where he has turned his attention to managing complex systems, which might have been built using CASE and database technology and must operate reliably and securely on a global scale.

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