ARIS vs. IBM Blueworks Live

Well suited for enterprise architecture modeling where the intent to document elements beyond processes as well, such as risks and controls, KPIs, systems, org charts, etc. It also has the excellent capability of creating custom reports, hence if looking for various views right from summary to detailed, this is a great tool. It is less appropriate for implementing the processes as it is not very strong in BPMN.

Pharmacies are subject to several regulatory obligations, including FDA and HIPAA rules. Pharmacy teams may record and view compliance-related procedures in a uniform format with IBM BLueworks Live. This facilitates Audit tracking, ensures process compliance at every stage, and keeps audits running smoothly.

Incentivized

• Query feature is excellent to extract information in a specific manner.
• Ability to create custom reports.
• Collaboration feature is very good.
• Semantic checks to check validation errors.
• cloud based central repository.

Incentivized

• Easy to create process diagrams quickly, while collaborating with others.
• Create linkages to sub-processes and other workflows.
• Track activities using metadata such as which IT systems are utilized.
• Use the glossary terms to find where different roles or systems are involved in processes throughout your org.

Incentivized

• Defining databases, use of entities and relationship diagrams, define data, like data models, there is still a part they could improve.
• Providing more standard reports and improving on access rights and privileges functionality

Incentivized

• In particular, we have had problems with the availability of the service because the platform frequently crashed.
• Is not easy to pull some indicators.
• We would like to be able to see a different interface, long ago with the same.
• Payment process is not easy.

Incentivized

I am a BPM and Enterprise Architect Consultant and hence have been using different BPM and EA tools for consulting practice. Until now I have used Opentext Provision EA,Sparx EA, MS Visio and IBM Blueworks. All of the tools used are good and have their own unique features and capabilities. ARIS BPA is widely used by my current organization for different projects.

Incentivized

It has good, even complex functionality that is provided by its library and ability to create relations between items, yet it is not hard to use. Anyone can use it in a short time. It provides reporting abilities and good documentation with the availability of exporting options. The only drawback I have seen was user management/login issues.

Incentivized

I have gotten great response for the very few times I needed support.

Incentivized

The Service area, they have been very useful. ARIS suite is covering number of applications. ARIS engine is very powerful and robust. The tool can be configured in many ways which can be beneficial but can be a curse at the same time. As a user, you need to apply this flexibility with care.

Incentivized

Blueworks Live was part of a project deal. We did not keep it after the project. We found there are many solutions offering similar or superior capabilities - the fact that Blueworks does not fully support the universal BPMN standard was a big letdown for us. The pricing also did not make sense as a standalone solution.

Incentivized

• Documentation of processes made it possible for anyone to see who does what, how and using what systems.
• Dependency on specific people is eliminated.

Incentivized

• It has helped us reduce miscommunication between our departments, such as production, inventory, and shipping, thus reducing delays.
• Now, most things are automated; we can quickly know when a product will be in low stock.
• With the help of custom charts, we are easily able to determine our best-selling product of the month and week, which helps us market according to stats.

Incentivized