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iRise (discontinued)

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What is iRise (discontinued)?

iRise was a wireframe and prototyping tool with requirements management capabilities and ALM tool integrations. The product was discontinued in 2024, and is no longer available.

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Jeff Sieben, CPP, CISSPView profile
Senior Solutions Engineer in Product Management at Resolver Inc. (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • I can show the prospects what the software/system will look like ahead of time.
  • The customer is bound to the ideas they put into place.
  • Customers want to be engaged actively, and their requirements management is amazing!
  • Other tools (Balsamiq and inVision) don't have everything all in one place like iRise does.

Cons

  • Designers love Balsamiq libraries, so rapid accessibly to that cartoon-y look and feel icons could be better.
  • Would like to see them to eliminate their Studio software completely. They're darn close.
  • Better in-app coaching on BPMN/UML, not just images available.

Return on Investment

  • We've had over $1.5 M in custom software come through prototyping with iRise.
  • This builds teamwork with prospects, so customers already start to believe you can work together.
  • The largest deal in our company history was one while using iRise by rapidly prototyping 9 external system integrations.

Other Software Used

Resolver GRC Cloud

I love iRIse as a business systems analyst - web design (not developer)

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Abbas VirjiView profile
Business Solutions Analyst in Information Technology at Bank of America (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • Recently my client has to have hovers as an enhancement to the current app. I used irise to show them how it would look in the future and they didn't like it. Finally because of the irise wireframe they decided not to have the hover - which was good before it was too late.
  • Client wanted a new interface to import Excel docs into the interface. I used irise to prototype the whole functionality.
  • Irise has helped reduce discussion times a lot.

Cons

  • I think there should be a hover over every button in the interface which can help [explain] what they mean.
  • I also should able to move the left toolbar to a different location on the screen and include the ability to minimize.
  • Ability to export to PDF.

Return on Investment

  • If there are no visuals involved (app/web app) then irise is useless.
  • The new working app has to be more functional to use irise.

iRise Benefits in the software Development

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Bryan McCormickView profile
Systems Consultant in Information Technology at Janus Capital Group (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Graphics
  • Presentation
  • Wireframes

Cons

  • None that I can think of.

Return on Investment

  • Consolidates support into one visual end goal
  • Accelerates development process from the early stages
  • Allows inclusion of the business in key decisions

Other Software Used

Advanced Web Ranking, Microsoft Visual Studio Team System, Microsoft Access

iRise great for collaboration, overkill for solo use.

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Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Pros

  • High fidelity mockups
  • Business requirements documentation and mapping to controls.
  • Ability to use dummy data to show complex interactions.
  • Click-through prototype generation.
  • Simultaneous collaboration across geographic regions.

Cons

  • More template resources.
  • More fine-grain complex interaction creation.

Return on Investment

  • iRise allowed us to generate a very high fidelity mockup based on extensive business requirements gathered from stakeholders.
  • This excellent mockup resulted in us being awarded a very large multi-year contract from a major corporation.

Other Software Used

Bidsketch, Adobe Photoshop, Bidsketch

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Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Drag and drop tool for designing simple to complex screen prototypes. Makes it easier to document requirements.
  • With interactive visual, it is easier to analyze different use cases and validate the usability of the screen designed.
  • For business analysts, it is a really helpful tool to document screen related requirements. The requirements package is much more effective when the iRise document is included on it. The iRise document can use used by both business and IT stakeholders. With a business team, it makes it easier to finalize the requirements. For the IT or development team, it makes it easier to understand the screen requirements for development.

Cons

  • When working on a complex page that has multiple sections with multiple views of each sections, it gets difficult to navigate to the section you want. It would be easier if there was a search functionality for searching the sections or components within the page.
  • Drag and drop controls to have more properties. e.g. for a button. It would be easier if the properties included BorderStyle, BorderWidth, Color, BackColor etc. Currently, these options are not available on the properties and we have to use the formatting tool bar.

Return on Investment

  • I can only provide positive impacts of using iRise. Effective communication between technical and non technical teams leads to better understanding of the requirements by all teams. Use of iRise supports the team to meet the team to meet the project plan.
  • Using iRise prototype to train users before the system is physical, which saves downtime later when the system is in place.

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