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This is the sequel to Porter's "AS/400 Information Engineering" for application developers using SYNON, the dominant CASE productivity tool for IBM's AS/400 and other mid-range systems, including Hewlett-Packard's. The text describes Upper CASE tools that work well with SYNON and discusses SYNON in the context of complete software development process (pre-design through construction).
This book contains ideas in information engineering and CASE for computer professionals developing applications in the AS/400 midrange computing environment. With a strong emphasis on planning as the key to quality software production, this guide outlines the skills necessary to manage and plan the development or acquisition of software in this environment. Basic issues in organizing the software effort, structural analysis techniques, graphics techniques and essential make-or-buy guidance are all presented. In addition, this book details the best tools available to AS/400 developers, including the latest iterations of Joint Application Development and Rapid Application Development techniques, the best CASE tools and popular AS/400 tools such as SYNON and As/SET.