Case tools
For my work I am in desperate need of good working case tools, if possible, for an affordable price. Searching the Internet on solutions fitting my needs I have tested some of them now.

Below you will find a list
Case tools

Group:BPA
Supplier: Casewise
Tool: Casewise Corporate modeller Suite
Link:http://www.casewise.com/etom/etom.html
Description: http://www.casewise.com/demo/index.html
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Invest: Yes

Group:BPM
Supplier: Handysoft
Tool: BizFlow Process Studio
Link:http://www.handysoft.com/products/bizflow/process_studio.asp
Description: A Collaborative Process Modeling, Analysis and Deployment Environment

BizFlow Process Studio (BPS) integrates traditional BizFlow design and management components, such as Process Designer, Process Analyzer, Forms Designer, and Organizational Manager, to create a single collaborative environment, with additional features such as project team support and resource-sharing across multiple projects.
AddInfo: no
Invest: Yes

Group:BPM
Supplier: IT-pearls
Tool: Process Modeler 2.2 for MS visio
Link:http://www.itp-commerce.com/
Description: A set of visio templates for several levels of organisations (business and Professional
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Invest: Yes

Group:BPM
Supplier: Visual Paradigm
Tool: Business Process Visual Architect
Link:http://www.visual-paradigm.com/product/bpva/
Description: BP-VA is a full-featured business process modeler seriously supporting latest OMG's Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN). BP-VA provides the most easy-to-use diagramming environment for you to model your business (from there homepage)
Please look att my project page to see a working model created with this tool.
The tool follows the BPMN standard complete but has in version 1.1 some minor glitshes in the exeption handling and in in creating smooth models.
AddInfo: Supports modelling in BPMN for 100%.
see details
Invest: Ready

Group:Casetool
Supplier: Cap Gemini
Tool: SDW
Link:
Description: The tool SDW (System Development Workbench) supports the methodologies SDM and Yourdon
AddInfo: the tool seems not to be supported by Cam Gemini longer.
Invest: Ready

Group:Req spec.
Supplier:
Tool: BubbleChart
Link:
Description: This is an older method in modelling requirement specifications I learned during My education as Information architect for about 10 years ago (today is dec. 2006).
basicly one creates a bubble for each conception/idee and link them together with line like associations
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Invest: No

Group:UML
Supplier: Tigris
Tool: ArgoUML
Link:http://argouml.tigris.org
Description: ArgoUML is the leading open source UML modeling tool and includes support for all standard UML 1.4 diagrams. It runs on any Java platform and is available in ten languages. (From there homepage)
AddInfo: The tool does not follow the windows userinterface standard wich make getting used to it more difficult.
The tools has come up to version 0.22
The test is not ready yet but first impressions are good
Invest: Yes


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