USE OF INTEGRATED COMPUTER-AIDED SYSTEM ENGINEERING (I-CASE) TO DEVELOP NATINAL SOCIAL SERVICE INTEGRATED CASE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

USING A TIME TESTED, SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED COMPUTERIZED INTEGRATED CASE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM AS A BASE, WE WILL DESIGN AN INTEGRATED COMPUTER-AIDED SYSTEM ENGINEERING (I-CASE) TOOL, THAT WILL (A) BE READILY ACCEPTABLE TO A WIDE VARIETY OF CASE MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS NATION-WIDE (B) CAN EASILY BE ADAPTED TO ACCOMODATE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AND WITHIN SERVICE AREAS NATION-WIDE, (C) CAN EASILY BE MODIFIED TO ACCOMMODATE ANY DEFINITION VARIATION REQUIRED BY CASE MANAGERS NATION-WIDE, (D) CAN EASILY BE ADAPTED TO ACCOMMODATE ANY CASE MANAGEMENT REPORTING REQUIRMENT, AND (E) HAS A GREAT MARKET POTENTIAL. THE RESULT OF PHASE I WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A "PROTOTYPE" DESIGN THAT CAN EASILY AND INEXPENSIVELY BE ADAPTED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF CASE MANAGERS NATION-WIDE. DURING PHASE II, THE I-CASE TOOL WILL BE USED TO AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE THE CODE FOR THE SYSTEM THAT WILL BE PILOT TESTED DURING THE YEAR AND PREPARED FOR NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION.