ces of organizations which use CASE and companies can realize benefits from modular development and structured programming (Sumner and Ryan, 1994, p. 16).
It is in the role of methodology support or methodology companion that some CASE tools have realized their potential. The level of methodology assistance varies from product to product, but may include a graphics tool, a data dictionary and automated checkpoints which can help enforce a specific methodology and help ensure completeness and consistency of the resulting specifications and applications (Jankowski, 1995, p. 20).
Integrated CASE (ICASE) builds on these principles and suggests that a single vendor can produce a tool which meets these criteria and which yields a high level of integration. The industry has recognized five levels of integration that must be met before a product can be considered a true ICASE tool: platform integration, presentation integration, control integration, process integration and data integration
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