This guide adopts ISO/IEC TR 14471:2007. Since computer-aided software engineering (CASE) adoption is a subject of the broader technology transition problem, this guide addresses the adoption practices appropriate for a wide range of computing organizations. ISO/IEC TR 14471:2007 neither dictates nor advocates particular development standards, software processes, design methods, methodologies, techniques, programming languages, or life-cycle paradigms.

Since CASE adoption is a subject of the broader technology transition problem, this Technical Report addresses the adoption practices appropriate for a wide range of computing organizations. This Technical Report neither dictates nor advocates particular development standards, software processes, design methods, methodologies, techniques, programming languages, or life-cycle paradigms. This Technical Report will: - identify critical success factors (CSF); - propose a set of adoption processes; - guide successful adoption in consideration of organisational and cultural environment. The following groups are targeted as potential audiences: - CASE users; - information systems managers; - chief information officers (CIO); - CASE suppliers; - software engineering consultants; - those involved in the acquisition of CASE tools and technology. Therefore this Technical Report addresses aspects of CASE tools adoption. It is best used with ISO/IEC 14102 for CASE tool evaluation and selection. It is complementary to related ISO/IEC documents which deal with the general aspects of these topics.