Characteristics and Functions of Software Engineering Environments

摘要

As part of the program to provide information to Federal agencies on software tools for improving quality and productivity in software development and maintenance, data was collected on software engineering environments. Software engineering environments surround their users with software tools necessary for systematic development and maintenance of software. The purpose of this report is to characterize software engineering environments by type and by their relationship to the software life cycle and by their capabilities, limitations, primary users, and levels of support. This report provides examples of existing software engineering environments that are available commercially or in research laboratories with the features and characteristics they provide.