ARIS vs. Techstreet

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.

Techstreet would be suitable for building companies, certification companies, testing laboratories, and manufacturers. With Techstreet, you can purchase current and previous versions of standards and manuals from different accreditation companies. This is quite helpful for businesses that need to stay up-to-date on industry standards and regulations.

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

• Has the latest versions of standards
• Keeps a record of standards I already purchased
• Sends notifications when a standard I purchased receives an update

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• 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

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• Would be good to be able to share the standards with clients. But some of the standards are protected.

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

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

• 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

• Before Techstreet, I had to go to multiple places to purchase the standards I needed. This was time-consuming and frustrating. But with Techstreet, I can find all the standards I need in one place, and their prices are really competitive.
• I also appreciate that Techstreet is a full repository. This means that they have a huge selection of standards to choose from, including both current and previous versions. This is really helpful for me, because I often need to reference older versions of standards for reviewing test procedures or training purposes.

Incentivized