Released on: January 2, 2008, 12:24 pm

Press Release Author: Excel Software

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: QuickCRC automates software design with CRC cards. The new
release supports Windows Vista, Universal Binaries on Mac OS X and other
enhancements.

Press Release Body: Excel Software is shipping QuickCRC for responsibility driven
design of object-oriented software using CRC cards. CRC cards are well suited to
agile methods or as a front end to UML. The new release supports Windows Vista,
Universal Binaries on Mac OS X and other enhancements.

QuickCRC Windows 3.1 is built to run on all Windows computers from Windows 98
through Vista. The product includes a new Windows Vista friendly installer and
integrated help system. Once installed, the user can run QuickCRC from a Standard
user account.

QuickCRC MacOSX 2.0 is a Universal Binary application optimized for both PPC and
Intel based Mac OS X computers. The new application and help system runs over three
times faster on new Intel based machines.

QuickCRC automates responsibility driven design. A CRC card holds information about
a class including attributes, responsibilities and relationships. A scenario
describes a design pattern as a collection of communicating classes. External
agents define interfaces. Users enter design data through dialogs, capture it from
nouns and verbs in a text specification or drag and edit data between cards directly
on the screen.

QuickCRC handles up to 10,000 cards with all design information in memory. Editing
changes are instantly reflected throughout the model so every name and relationship
reference is always accurate. QuickCRC Windows includes a Lite edition for smaller
projects. The Lite edition has the same features but runs on older computers with
limited RAM.

A software designer can single step through a design pattern to see how a set of
classes will respond to an external event. Cards can be automatically arranged on
the screen by relationships or grouped into named diagrams. Card information can be
printed, generated to a text or HTML report or exported to a text file. Exported
design data can be used in QuickUML, MacA&D or WinA&D to generate UML class diagrams
in seconds. QuickCRC has a new search capability to locate cards with specific
data, plus other enhancements for diagram captions and color.

QuickCRC Windows and QuickCRC MacOSX are each priced at $295 for a Single User
License. Projects can be edited and shared across platforms. Each product is
available in a Site License. The product includes software on CD, printed and PDF
manual, example project with step-by-step tutorial plus an integrated help system.
Visit the company web site for product information, free trial download or secure
online ordering.

Web Site: http://www.excelsoftware.com

Contact Details: Excel Software
Ph: (505) 771-3719
Fax: (505) 771-3718
Web: www.excelsoftware.com
Email: info@excelsoftware.com