74:, former Bachman CASE tool and Gartner alumnus). He is also publisher and co-founder of IT procurement advisor TechSpend, LLC (with Gartner alumnus Vinnie Mirchandani). He is also the Research Fellow and principal analyst with ES Research Group, Inc., which specializes in helping companies identify, select, implement and measure sales performance improvement programs.
165:
practice - where he could spend full-time applying GST to business design, launching
Gartner's e-Business Resource Center, its Vertical Industries practices and ultimately becoming the founder, group vice president and general manager of Gartner's TCO Software division. From there, Case became head
110:
developed a second generation structured analysis and design technique based on the
Yourdon/Demarco/Constantine Structured Analysis/Structured Design technique. Frick, while working with Case at Nastec Corporation on the development of the PC-based DesignAid product, was the first to specify and
69:
As an entrepreneur, Case is a co-founder and managing director of firms including content/commerce management software providers InfoTollgate.com (hosted content/commerce management systems) and
Turnpike Software, LLC, the content management software development company (with his partner Dr. N.
121:
Case was among the most prolific public speakers on the subject of CASE during the 1980s, helping launch, among other events, the
Computer-Aided Software Engineering Symposium as its keynote speaker for its first two years. Case toured the country, promoting the integration of
166:
of
Gartner's IT benchmarking business and president of Gartner's eMetrix business performance management business. During his 13-year tenure at Gartner, Case launched dozens of product and service lines that accounted for over $ 100 million in revenue to Gartner.
158:(Prentice Hall, 1986), was also a lifelong student of general systems theory (GST) and fascinated by the application of structured analysis and design techniques to the design of entire business operations, not just the information technology subsystems.
58:, speaker, writer and business executive. After 13 years, Case left Gartner to become an independent consulting executive and entrepreneur, with the goal of applying GST and "organizational engineering" in the laboratory of live businesses.
61:
Case served as a board member for Sky
Capital Holdings, a New York-based investment bank; interim president and CEO of DuoCash Corporation, a payment processing services company; and as chairman of the board of
365:
316:
259:
106:
project configuration and management system. For six years, Case served as Nastec's Vice
President for Professional Services and Product Management. Case, and his associate
42:
at
Buffalo. He began his software development career in 1972 and worked in a variety of IT-related capacities, including director of Management Information Systems for
394:
404:
373:
114:
The professional services division quickly became not only the largest component of Nastec
Corporation, but also the largest provider of
340:
83:
27:
66:(ENUI.OB) a technology-based business process outsourcing firm; and president and CEO of Turbodyne Technologies, Inc. (TRBD.OB).
334:
Case, Albert F., Information
Systems Development: Principles of Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE)(Prentice Hall, 1986)
54:, Inc. (then GartnerGroup), the IT industry research and advisory firm, where he spent the next 13 years as a thought-leading
162:
238:
161:
At Gartner, Case quickly ascended the analyst ranks, going from the leading Software Engineering analyst to head of its
39:
333:
46:
and co-founder of Maximus Systems, Inc., developers of the Maximus code generator. In 1982, Case joined start-up
111:
teach a comprehensive technique for transforming a structured analysis specification into a structured design.
295:
399:
213:
90:, from John D. Toellner Associates, developing the Structured Analysis and Structured Design design tips.
374:"Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE): Technology for Improving Software Development Productivity"
139:
50:, a Southfield, Mich. based software development company. In 1989, Case left Nastec Corporation to join
47:
389:
86:(CASE) technologies and system development methodologies. He also was a major contributor to the
359:
310:
253:
71:
23:
138:
When Tarkenton Software and Nastec Corporation agreed not to merge, Tarkenton teamed up with
55:
131:
383:
174:
He had a consulting firm Stamford Research, LLC, with Arnold Kwong and Steve Vogel.
143:
107:
43:
156:
Information Systems Development: Principles of Computer Aided Software Engineering
51:
115:
98:
Nastec Corporation both coined the acronym CASE and launched the
217:
283:
272:
201:
190:
30:(CASE) technologies and system development methodologies.
130:
with pro-football great and code-generation pioneer
370:
Dr. Eli Goldratt's Necessary & Sufficient Tour.
376:Database Journal, Vol 17, Issue 1, pp. 35–43
150:Principles of Computer Aided Software Engineering
364:: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (
346:. Archived from the original on December 9, 2003
315:: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (
258:: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (
241:. Archived from the original on April 8, 2006
26:and one of the leaders in the development of
8:
298:. Archived from the original on 2008-02-08
82:Case of the leaders in the development of
183:
88:Spectrum System Development Methodology
357:
308:
251:
7:
22:(born March 2, 1955) is an American
142:and merged Tarkenton Software into
94:Computer-Aided Software Engineering
84:computer-aided software engineering
28:computer-aided software engineering
14:
146:, a direct competitor to Nastec.
102:analysis and design tool and the
336:at www.informatik.uni-trier.de
163:business process reengineering
154:Case, also author of the book
1:
395:University at Buffalo alumni
202:Turbodyne Technologies, Inc.
40:State University of New York
405:American software engineers
421:
38:Case is a graduate of the
16:American software engineer
296:"Stamford Research, LLC"
239:"Turnpike Software, LLC"
284:ES Research Group, Inc.
191:eNucleus Enucleus.com
136:Tarkenton Software.
341:"Al Case citation"
214:"InfoTollgate.com"
48:Nastec Corporation
20:Albert F. Case Jr.
170:Stamford Research
104:LifeCycle Manager
24:software engineer
412:
369:
363:
355:
353:
351:
345:
321:
320:
314:
306:
304:
303:
292:
286:
281:
275:
270:
264:
263:
257:
249:
247:
246:
235:
229:
228:
226:
225:
216:. Archived from
210:
204:
199:
193:
188:
56:industry analyst
420:
419:
415:
414:
413:
411:
410:
409:
380:
379:
356:
349:
347:
343:
339:
330:
328:Further reading
325:
324:
307:
301:
299:
294:
293:
289:
282:
278:
271:
267:
250:
244:
242:
237:
236:
232:
223:
221:
212:
211:
207:
200:
196:
189:
185:
180:
172:
152:
96:
80:
36:
17:
12:
11:
5:
418:
416:
408:
407:
402:
397:
392:
382:
381:
378:
377:
371:
337:
329:
326:
323:
322:
287:
276:
273:TechSpend, LLC
265:
230:
205:
194:
182:
181:
179:
176:
171:
168:
151:
148:
132:Fran Tarkenton
95:
92:
79:
76:
35:
32:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
417:
406:
403:
401:
400:Living people
398:
396:
393:
391:
388:
387:
385:
375:
372:
367:
361:
342:
338:
335:
332:
331:
327:
318:
312:
297:
291:
288:
285:
280:
277:
274:
269:
266:
261:
255:
240:
234:
231:
220:on 2006-08-28
219:
215:
209:
206:
203:
198:
195:
192:
187:
184:
177:
175:
169:
167:
164:
159:
157:
149:
147:
145:
144:KnowledgeWare
141:
137:
134:, founder of
133:
129:
125:
119:
117:
112:
109:
105:
101:
93:
91:
89:
85:
77:
75:
73:
67:
65:
64:eNucleus, Inc
59:
57:
53:
49:
45:
41:
33:
31:
29:
25:
21:
348:. Retrieved
300:. Retrieved
290:
279:
268:
243:. Retrieved
233:
222:. Retrieved
218:the original
208:
197:
186:
173:
160:
155:
153:
140:James Martin
135:
127:
123:
120:
113:
108:Vaughn Frick
103:
99:
97:
87:
81:
68:
63:
60:
44:Ryder System
37:
19:
18:
390:1955 births
118:education.
384:Categories
350:August 17,
302:2006-08-09
245:2017-04-10
224:2006-09-03
178:References
128:lower CASE
124:upper CASE
100:DesignAid
34:Biography
360:cite web
311:cite web
254:cite web
72:Adam Rin
52:Gartner
344:(PDF)
116:SA/SD
366:link
352:2013
317:link
260:link
126:and
78:Work
386::
362:}}
358:{{
313:}}
309:{{
256:}}
252:{{
368:)
354:.
319:)
305:.
262:)
248:.
227:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.