SHIFTING THE SOFTWARE LOGJAM

Organisations can no longer create software systems quickly enough for their business needs and attempts to do so are introducing distortion into the systems being created, Fairbairn identifies those areas of distortion and fragmentation and discusses how, with the aid of tools such as computer aided software engineering (CASE) and integrated CASE, enterprise wide computer systems can be built. If companies are to use software to sharpen their competitive edge they should tackle the strategic concepts from the outset.