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iRise Announces Integration to IBM Rational Requirements Composer
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New Solution Helps Organizations Save Cost and Eliminate Risk of Project Failure |
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iRise Connect for IBM Rational Requirements Composer gives requirements professionals the ability to embed live, high fidelity software visualizations directly into the Requirements Composer product by leveraging iRise SmartView™, a wrapper technology similar to popular YouTube video embedding. Using iRise Connect, IBM users can interact with ‘live’ visualizations and fully experience simulated pages, scenarios and masters directly within the Requirements Composer environment. The visualization assets are published in real time from iRise to the Requirements Composer repository and can be linked into the web of requirements artifacts.
Press Coverage of the announcement included:
CNN Money.com Article
"The mass of paperwork is too much for stakeholders to wade through," said Emmet B. Keeffe, III, CEO and co-founder of iRise. "Through our work on thousands of Fortune 1000 IT projects helping businesses visualize applications before they're built, we know first hand that Rational Requirements Composer will make the daunting requirements definition process more visual and reduce paper consumption for our customers..."
Software Simulation Tool Integrated with IBM’s Requirements Product
"iRise Connect for IBM Rational Requirements Composer will soon be available. This integration, built on IBM’s open Jazz technology platform will make high-fidelity iRise visualizations instantly accessible from within IBM Rational Requirements Composer..."
IBM Pitches Tool for Tighter App Dev
"Software development can often be downright wasteful, with more than a third of software development projects at Fortune 500 companies being abandoned because user requirements cannot be verified..."
To read more about iRise connect for IBM Rational Requirements Composer: Click Here
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Federal IT Waste Prevention Act Passes Senate Sub-Committee |
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An important bill designed to prevent endemic waste surrounding federal government IT projects has passed a Senate committee vote. The Information Technology Investment Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act (S. 3384) would require federal agencies to regularly report to Congress on significant shortfalls in the cost, schedule and performance of their IT programs. The legislation would also encourage better planning and ensure that officials are alerted soon after problems arise.
Among other provisions, the proposed Bill requires projects that are over 40% off schedule or cost estimates to be reported directly to Congressional oversight committees. At that point these distressed projects would have access to a small ‘strike force’ of experienced private and public sector IT experts that would focus on areas like earned value management, defining requirements and project management.
For more information, Click Here
To view a CIO magazine article on the subject, Click Here
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| iRise Partner Ascendant Hiring iRise-Skilled Designers |
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“As a premier provider of web-based solutions, Ascendant looks to tools that will provide the ability to extend and leverage existing technology investments, and vastly improve communication and collaboration. iRise has been a valuable tool in making sure we provide our customers with the right solutions. As demand continues to grow, we are looking for candidates that have a background in iRise to fill open User Experience Architect positions.”
Michael Chandler - Director of User Experience and Requirements Engineering, Ascendant Technology
See the full job description for a full profile and list of requirements. Click her to view.
Ascendant Technology, a Premier IBM Business Partner, delivers web-based, Workplace solutions built on dependable IBM technology, enabling our clients to improve employee productivity and extend process efficiencies to their customers and partners. We offer packaged solutions and custom development services to help businesses large and small to web-enable applications and reap the benefits of portal delivery.
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iRise Delivers Three New Online eLearning Courses |
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Three additional online training courses for iRise are now available. The new self-paced eLearning modules are aimed at project managers, iRise administrators and business stakeholders involved in the use of iRise visualization to define software applications. The courses are available immediately at no charge. The following courses have been added:
iRise for Project Managers is an introduction to iRise for anyone responsible for eliciting and validating requirements while managing a business application project. This course also covers how iRise can be used to build better project estimates and plans, along with improved application testing and training outcomes.
iRise for Stakeholders is an introduction to iRise for anyone responsible for reviewing and approving requirements and visualizations for business applications. An overview of iRise software visualization is provided, along with training on comments management, walkthrough notes, reviewing text requirements and basic iRise skills. If you are in a hurry, a 5-minute tutorial can be launched from within the course introduction.
iRise Administration teaches participants how to install, configure and maintain iRise visualization software and how to administer iRise users. An overview of the iRise Definition Center is provided including topics like setting up the shared server, controlling user access and scheduling regular maintenance.
To view all the iRise eLearning courses: Click Here.
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| iRise
Education Services invites you to attend the upcoming public
training classes and certification exams in support of the iRise
6.5 release. Programs will be offered in various cities throughout
the United States, including: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit,
Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. |
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* January 13-14, New York, NY
* January 28-29 Atlanta, GA
* February 10-11, Detroit, MI
* February 25-26, Chicago, IL
* March 10-11, San Francisco, CA
* March 18-19, Los Angeles, CA
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| Explore tutorials, videos and more! |
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The iRise Download Center is your one stop shop for iRise related videos. They include webcasts, product walk throughs, customer testimonials, event highlight reels, funny YouTube clips and more.
Here is a little humor from iRise.
Happy Holidays!
South Park Parody: Cartman conducts a user requirements review session
Click image to watch
This video was originally made for a one-time only showing at the 2007 iRise user conference held in Las Vegas.
WATCH VIDEO
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The News
December 2, 2008
iRise Announces Integration to IBM Rational Requirements Composer
November 24, 2008
GM Bets on Visual Modeling Tech
November 17, 2008
iRise Delivers Three New Online eLearning Courses
November 12, 2008
IT Waste Prevention Act Passed By Senate Committee
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Web Seminar Center
iRise is hosting a series of web seminars involving some of the best companies in the world. The iRise Web Seminar Center contains an archive of past seminars. These include:
Topics covered included:
￭ Delta's’ usability & design mission
￭ Making collaboration with BAs work
￭ Measuring better design
￭ Methods for organizing design teams
Topics covered included:
￭ Visualization at Northrop Grumman
￭ Custom software challenges
￭ Best practices for COTS
￭ Skill sets needed for success
Topics covered included:
￭ Extending enterprise applications
￭ Balancing standards and localizations
￭ ERP implementation issues
￭ Using iRise to avoid risk
Visit the iRise Seminar Center to view all archived web seminars:
Click Here
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