SteelTrace Ships Catalyze 2.0; Latest Version of Requirements Capture Tool Released Today.Business/Technology Editors DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 2002 SteelTrace, an acclaimed provider of business process and requirements capture products, announces Catalyze Solo 2.0, the most usable business process and requirements capture tool on the market. Catalyze 2.0 uses enhanced performance, new reporting features and a superior graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ) to radically simplify the task of designing complex systems. Catalyze Solo 2.0 is designed for generating and tracking process and requirements of an IT or manufacturing project from beginning to end. It allows business process analysts, business analysts, project managers and systems analysts to capture, manage and control business processes and requirements in a structured way. "There is a communication disconnect between business and IT people in managing changing requirements. This communication breakdown is a major issue in the continued struggle for getting systems developed on time and to budget with the functionality required for the end-user. With the increasing time pressures and complexity of development, this pain is becoming more acute. Products like SteelTrace's Catalyze can help to alleviate this pain with a structured approach to process and requirement capture," said Dick Heiman, Research Director, IDC. "Catalyze should be in everyone's toolbox," said Sheldon Porter, Executive Vice President of Plant-Wide Research. "It's a simple yet powerful tool that is relevant to all businesses and adaptable for many different industries, such as capturing and refining processes that are subsequently implemented in ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. , CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , or PLM (Product Life cycle Management) A comprehensive information system that coordinates all aspects of a product from initial concept to its eventual retirement. Sometimes called the "digital backbone" of a product, it includes the requirements phase, analysis and design systems. Catalyze has the highest ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). of tools of its kind on the market." Catalyze Solo 2.0 features include: - Enhanced performance speed - A simplified GUI allowing users to view their projects at the `package' level - Rapid production of full supporting documentation to Microsoft Word and system design tools of choice including Rational Rose, TogetherSoft ControlCenter and Microsoft Project - `Current' versus `to-be' reporting - Increased flexibility in documentation output and `round tripping'. "Catalyze provides a simple solution to the problem of capturing business processes and requirements and communicating them to stakeholders," said Tara O'Sullivan, SteelTrace CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Catalyze Solo's unique round tripping The capability of converting data into a different structure and converting it back to its original without loss. For example, with a native XML database, an XML document can be stored and retrieved intact without any loss of data. See XML database. feature is a good example of this. Catalyze generates full supporting documentation in Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. documents, which technical and non-technical users can update and feed back into the requirements. This dramatically impacts the way customers, analysts and engineers communicate." Catalyze(TM) Collaborate, the multi-user version of the tool, is also available for evaluation and purchase. For more information on SteelTrace, the Catalyze product suite or business process and requirements tools, visit www.steeltrace.com. About SteelTrace SteelTrace develops business process and requirement tools that increase the accuracy between customer requirements and system delivery. SteelTrace's Catalyze(TM) Solo and Catalyze(TM) Collaborate tools help Business Process Engineers, Project Managers, Business Analysts and Systems Analysts capture, view and manage customer requirements and system specifications. SteelTrace was founded in February 2001 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. SteelTrace is a netdecisions group company. |
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