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The Deliverable

You are a team leader in a large software development organization and you want to improve a software development process (of your choosing) through the use of a CASE tool. In the tight economy, purchasing new tools requires a strong justification and these tools are expensive. In this project search the Internet for CASE tool information and develop a paper to persuade your CIO to purchase the tool for your team.

Create a document that includes the following:

• The paper should be 2-3 pages in length.
• The document must include a Cover and Works Cited page.
• The Cover andWorks Cited page are not included in the page count.
• The Cover page must include an applicable title and your name.
• The Works Cited page must include at least three (3) external resources (other than the textbook and classroom resources) correctly cited using the APA format.
• The sources should be scholarly sources, not Wikipedia and the popular press.

Identify a software development process that needs a tool:

• This should include a brief commentary describing the existing need (of your choosing) for a certain type of CASE tool.
• The CIO understands these tools, but about you will need to explain what CASE tools do and how the use of a CASE tool will benefit your organization.

- Compare and contrast two (2) CASE tools that could meet your needs

• This should include a brief commentary describing two (2) possible CASE tools that will fit your need.
• Compare and contrast the two (2) tools and explain which one is the better fit for your organization and why.

- Provide a persuasive justification to your CIO to purchase the tool

• This should include a brief commentary that persuades your CIO to purchase the tool you are suggesting.
• Include costs and benefits.

Case Tools Textbook, Structured System Analysis and Design; Chapter 4 - Automated Tools for System Development

• Software Case Tools Overview https://www.tutorialspoint.com/software_engineering/case_tools_overview.htm

Simple Tools for Software Modeling -OR- It's "Use the Simplest Tool" not "Use Simple Tools" https://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/simpleTools.htm

• Agilian 3.2 Necesisity for Agile Modeling - Screenshots https://www.visual-paradigm.com/product/ag/provides/screenshots.jsp
• Agilian 3.2 Necesisity for Agile Modeling - Diagram tools https://www.visual-paradigm.com/product/ag/provides/diagramtools.jsp
• Persuasive Essay Thesis Builder & Online Outliner https://tommarch.com/electraguide/thesis.php
• Persuasion Map https://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/persuasion_map/
• Sample Persuasive Speech Outline https://www.roch.edu/people/lhalverson/sample_persuasive_speech_outline.htm

Tools that can assist you in developing the graphics for this project:

• The file "Graphics That Can be Used for Drawing Diagrams" in the Course Content section of the online classroom has symbols you may be able to copy and paste
• "As-Is" and "To-Be" graphics
• Functional Decomposition Diagram (FDD)

Microsoft Visio

The file "Graphics That Can be Used for Drawing Diagrams" in Content>>Course Resources>>Webliography section of LEO has symbols you may be able to copy and paste

• Systems Requirements Checklist

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word