Automating the systems development process

Abstract

A number of ways have been proposed to improve productivity in systems building: better management, better training, better tools. But each of these approaches by itself tends to fall short. Increasingly, it is becoming clear that those involved in developing computerized systems must do what they have been preaching to their clients. They must computerize! Over the next few years, a new phrase - Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Programming (CAD/CAP)—will describe the technology for automating the systems development process. Already three decades old, research into computer aided design and development of systems is beginning to bear fruit. And this technology coupled with the availability of low-cost mini/microcomputers are exciting prospects.