CASE Implementation: Dynamics Throughout the Technology Life Cycle Jonathan A. Morell presented to the CASE Adoption Workshop Nov 13, 1990 When better mousetraps go unused, most people wonder why. We have a contradictory view. We assume that many innovations will not be used, and when they are, we wonder why. Given the difficulties of moving along the technology life cycle, innovations will often remain "on the shelf". Our curiosity aroused in the rare instances when everything goes right. Our view is not overly pessimistic. Innovation does occur, and we can do things to make it occur. We do, however, want to convey a sense of why innovation is difficult, and from there, to show how successfully innovation can be realized.We will begin with the long view,looking at innovation in terms of its entire life-cycle. In a second section we will concentrate on specific s of what end-users can do to facilitate useful innovation, and follow with an example relating the dynamics of innovation to the specifics of software engineering. tools. Finally, we will conclude with a few words concerning the evaluation of CAS implementation and use. |