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From: kge@hpsmtc1.HP.COM (Kevin Ewert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: A CASE for the Macintosh
Message-ID: <11540108@hpsmtc1.HP.COM>
Date: 12 Jan 88 19:02:20 GMT
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I have just begun to test a demonstration version of PowerTools, a CASE
system from Iconix Software Engineering, Inc.  This package was reviewed
in the December MacWorld, and does appear to do all that it claims,
although, as I said, I haven't spent enough time with the demo version
to have exercised it thoroughly.  In addition to several of the
PowerTools applications, the demo disk comes with a HyperCard stack that
provides an interactive overview to the package.

To quote from the glossies I received from them:

     PowerTools accepts systems requirements from the user and allows
     the user to construct:

     *	Data and control flow diagrams
     *	Process specifications
     *	Data dictionary
     *	State transition diagrams, table, and matrices 
     *	Structure charts
     *	Formatted pseudocode listings
     *	Program source code
     *	Consistency reports (e.g. DFD/CFD checking)

The only major drawback that I have noticed so far is that the package is
single user, that is, multiple person projects can only be done by all
project personnel using the same Mac.  The person I talked with at Iconix
claimed that a network version would be available in the spring.

If you're at all serious about using CASE tools and want to leverage the
ease of use of the Mac, I would recommend looking into PowerTools.  The
address:

	Iconix Software Engineering, Inc.
	1037 Third Street
	Suite 105
	Santa Monica, CA 90403
	(213) 458-0092

I also recall seeing an ad in the January 88 MacWorld for another CASE
package, but I can't remember any other details.

I have no connection to Iconix, other than an interest in CASE tools.

Kevin Ewert
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