Integrated development environments: technological and behavioral productivity perceptions

An empirical study of computer-aided software-engineering (CASE) technology productivity perceptions of information systems professionals. In a PC-based survey, fifteen CASE technological functions were compared along with two behavioral functions using the method of paired comparison. A rank ordering of the results revealed that data-flow diagramming and the data dictionary maintenance technological functions were perceived to most improve the respondent´s productivity over comparable manual methods. Two behavioral functions, communication with other team members and adherence to the enterprise´s information systems development standards, were regarded as providing significantly less productivity improvement compared to 47.75% of the other stimuli or significantly more productivity improvement compared to 47.75% of the other stimuli, respectively is described