ISTAR—an integrated project support environment

Imperial Software Technology (IST) has adopted the opposite approach. Over the last two years IST has been developing ISTAR, an integrated, language independent, project support environment. The ISTAR design process started with a definition of the overall requirements for software project support and the associated database needs. It has led to the development of a comprehensive environment that supports every aspect of software production throughout the life cycle, encompassing project management, data and configuration management and technical development.