Open Source Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) Software

Requirement Heap is a web based requirement management /business analysis application. It allows to enter requirement in rich text, supports versioning and the management of requirements. It also handles use cases, interviews and test cases. It allows multiple projects. Stakeholders and glossaries can be handled per project or globally.

ARREA (A Reasonable Requirements Engineering Application) is a simple yet powerful requirements management tool that uses arbitrary files to store information and Subversion to allow team collaboration. Its simple conventions make it suitable for much other purposes. In fact, for any document-oriented tasks focused on collaborative work and exhaustive change and traceability management. At its heart, ARREA provides a thin layer on top of SVN that allows it to be used as a powerful time-aware NoSQL database, accessible through an easy REST API.

CoSEEEK is a framework that provides automated guidance for software developers during the development lifecycle. Its unique holistic approach amalgamates quality management, process management, context management, and knowledge management and can thus provide support attuned to the current project situation and the engineer’s context. One key goal of CoSEEEK was to develop techniques so that applicable guidance can be provided to an engineer (a CoSEEEK user) in an automated way based on their current context (context-awareness); taking into account what activities they have done and are likely to do based on their process workflow (process-orientation) using a workflow engine; current quality risks and issues for the project (quality management) are taken into account; and knowledge such as guidance is provisioned (e.g., providing checklist items).

It is a supplement of version control system to support software development. It helps programmers to track personal working time spending on source files, and to easily find experienced people who may help you to comprehend certain code fragment.