ARIS BPA Reviews

For integration purposes, where files or data from different systems are generated and passed on to the next one in the format accepted by that system.

Interactions between several systems with different data formats are made easy, which basically holds the whole system together. This is effective middleware.

MFT is quite attractive. A large amount of data is passed in almost no time and it is quite easy to use.

The data in the pipeline could be managed better. Sometimes previously-used data would be reflected in present variables.

I use ARIS Express mainly for additional presentational graphics. It gets my ideas across more clearly to my colleagues. I use it on my laptop and run it on Windows OS.

It has helped me get some ideas across more clearly to my colleagues. For example, how to conduct access management/administration rights distribution during a new implementation.

It is a well-featured, functional product. This is its biggest feature.

I could use more icons and other graphical elements.

ARIS Express is free.

My first use case using ARIS was in a Brazilian tax project for a global cosmetic company. All the flows had to be analysed by the global team regarding the core model synergy.

Creating all the flows related to the "As-Is" process of the organization that must easily see the possible improvements and compare them with the best practices from marketing.

The BPMN notation and the share flow through users. It is nice to see all flows in a common, shared space for all the stakeholders to view the same thing and the same language.

The usability. Others tools are easier to manage without same complexity that ARIS has.

It is a complete tool, but it is not so user-friendly.

Platform that it supports covers legacy and new. Caters to moving older objects into an integrated DB, relatively popular ones: SQL, Oracle, etc.

No product is complete. As technologies evolve, so must the tools to support them. End-to-end visibility and real-time are areas that will need greater attention.

No issues with scalability.

I do not believe that there is a site in this country that has exceeded the scalability limitation.

Judging from my perspective, all the forums appear to have topical discussions. Also, requested a latest GA version date and received a response.

Staunch user of Visio, ArchiMate. A requirement for a client, decided to explore deeper. Alfabet.

The Aris version that I have is straightforward.   

Although digital business transformation (e.g. IoT, Blockchain) is top of mind for many IT professionals, many companies are facing legacy systems consuming operating budgets and have limited visibility into their enterprise architecture. It is increasingly difficult to meet RFC (requests for change) deadlines and digital business transformation demands. Therefore, a simple and easy to use enterprise architecture is important for implementing an effective digital business transformation program.

However, enterprise architecture (EA) and the frequently used methodology TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) have an image problem. Business and IT leaders are frequently bypassing the enterprise architect because they have the following issues:

1. The enterprise architecture and TOGAF are not practical to complete and are difficult to explain.
2. The EA terminology is difficult to understand and not aligned with operational departments.
3. The EA governance methodology and EA models are difficult to understand and to maintain.
4. Too much focus of project delivery and IT architecture 

Because of these issues the enterprise architect, and business and IT leaders, are not always aligned and do not fully cooperate to resolve the EA issues at hand. Most of the design decisions are made by business and IT leaders who are not always in line with the vision of the enterprise architect. This has an impact on the quality of the EA. In order to improve the cooperation, the enterprise architecture should be presented in a more practical and simple way.

Needs to be driven from the top, must standardise and simplify centric environments. Architectural principals - governance a must.

It is the most flexible and embracing process modeling tool.

The price is too expensive.

Version updates create deployment issues and support isn’t always aware of them.

I have not encountered any remarkable stability issues.

I have not encountered any remarkable scalability issues.

Customer service is 7/10.

Technical support is 7/10.

I did not previously use a different solution.

Initial setup was straightforward.

A vendor team implemented. Their level of expertise was 7/10.

It’s difficult to provide ROI information, because it depends on the costumer and how it uses the product. With this product, it probably takes at least 1.5 years to see ROI.

Before choosing this product, we evaluated it against SYDLE SEED.

It is a great solution, but the creation of a process department inside the organization is essential to make a real PDCA cycle for the business processes.

We use the solution for enterprise process management. It helps us to find gaps and improve the processes. 

I am impressed with the tool's integration. It also facilitates collaboration in the organization. 

The tool needs to improve its support since they take long to respond. 

The tool is scalable. 

I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. 

As the name suggests, it is a process performance monitoring tool. It is used for discovering or finding the gap between what has been designed and what has been implemented. This is one of the checks that you can do with the help of BPM, and then you can re-engineer your process in a very correct manner.

It provides the discovery functionality, and you can have a simulation on top of it to get your design corrected to ensure that it is within the right state of parameters. It is a complete package that you can use from strategy to execution because you have the design layer, and within the design, you can also do analytics.

Its governance tool and integration with ESB and execution engine can be improved.

Their partner support can also be improved.

I have been using this solution for around six or seven years.

It is stable. 

Scalability is there. They are going for cloud-based deployment, which will provide more scalability. They are also going for the database deployment, which will also be one of the things that can be used for scalability. Our clients are enterprise businesses.

Their customer support is good, but their partner support can be improved. They can provide more technical enablement so that there is more focus on the partner, and they get more attention.

It is quite easy.

It depends on different parameters.

It has been in the market for the last 20 to 25 years, so it has most of the capabilities. I would rate ARIS BPM an eight out of ten as an architectural tool.

The capability to integrate all information of the business and to generate simulations of processes. It can analyze the model of operations quickly.

It has improved our organization because the system helped us design all our processes and our structure of business.

I would like the possibility to use real data. In other words, it can use this system to integrate with others that are operating directing with users like clients, employs, and others. This means that people who work with processes and activities of routine.

I have used this solution for three months. 

ARIS software has few connectivity problems.

Software AG's support with partners is relatively fast.

We are in a phase of planning and its capabilities for design and simulation. Considering the size of our company, this solution was a good fit.

We were involved in the initial setup. My experience is positive, but regarding usability and learning of the system, those elements can be more difficult and complicated.

We evaluated Mega, Oracle , Bizagi, AuraPortal, AgilePoint, Appian, IBM, and others.

My advice is to consider as many solutions as possible. Take your time to analyze them, if you can.