Amazon.com description: Product Description: Designed for all those involved in the subject area, whether undergraduates, postgraduates or software project managers, this is an introductory guide to the questions surrounding Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) - discussing its use, the components and future issues of its environments. Crossing the boundaries between database systems and software engineering, this book aims to dispel many of the myths and confusion surrounding CASE. The authors have provided a simple IPSE (Integrated Project Software Environment) reference model, which acts as the focal point of the book and encourages discussion of the principles of IPSEs. Analysis of the characteristics of a support environment for large-scale software development is studied in detail.