Meta-integration for process integrated CASE environments

This paper aims firstly at integrating the reference models for software processes (human activities) and for CASE environments (machinery activities), and then at providing meta-integration between services for both activities. Five kinds of integration for tool and process frameworks, including “cooperative work (CW)” integration that is newly identified, are investigated by distinguishing their “contents” and “vessels”. Many standards and methods for software engineering fall into one of the ten categories of services, which provides a clear map to understand meta-integration. The interactions between the service categories are then described, after presenting an OSI-like model of CW integration