CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2012/ch1 w43

Class-Responsibilty-Collaboration Cards

Class Responsibility Collaboration (CRC) cards are a brainstorming tool used in the design of object-oriented software. They were proposed by and Ward Cunningham and Kent Beck. They are typically used when first determining which classes are needed and how they will interact.

Introduction

CRC-cards are a lightweight approach to collaborative object-oriented modelling that has been developed as a tool for teaching object-oriented thinking to programmers. They have been used widely in various teaching and training contexts.