Automating the information engineer—IPSEs and workbenches in context

Today Integrated Project Support Environments (IPSEs) and workbenches serve different purposes, dealing with software design and system design respectively. They provide little support for integrated, enterprise-wide systems development. Productivity and quality improvement in systems development requires a high level of automation in all stages of the development life-cycle with the automation of systems development as the goal. Newer products provide a computer-aided design and maintenance environment which better serves the need.