development. In addition, since CASE tools are used to facilitate grater standardization of work procedures and adherence to design structure, greater flexibility can occur in the workforces of organizations which use CASE and companies can realize benefits from modular development and structured programming (Sumner & 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).
CASE applications are typically used in software development environments where there is a high degree of sophistication in product design. CASE tools can be run on microcomputers or on networks as well as on larger machines. CASE applications require careful selection to ensure that a company purchases the right tools for its developers and can train them on its use. In addition, there can be considerable resistance to the implementation of CASE tools in environments which have lacked this structure in the past. This requires that developers be trained not only in the tools themselves, but in the benefits that the tools offer in terms of enhancing productivity and reducing tedious tasks (Baum, 1995, p. 37).
Electronic document imaging takes traditional paper forms and places them on a computer system where they can be accessed for annotation and text extraction, but where they can also be routed, tracked and processed more efficiently than a paper process allows. In addition, document imaging can result in forms that are never committed to paper, but which are designed, used and processed entirely on-line (Mantleman, 1995, p. 9).
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