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BP Adopts iRise Visualization Platform
Visualization key to BP's application consolidation & global sourcing initiatives |
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BP, one of the worldâs largest energy companies, has adopted solutions from iRise with the intent of visualizing and fully experiencing new software applications before development.
This new approach is designed to eliminate ambiguity and get the right systems delivered the first time â“ on budget, on time and with all the features needed by the client.
Users around the world will be able to interact with and fully experience visualizations of the proposed solutions and provide feedback in real time. The application definition team at BP can then rapidly iterate to the right answer in a fraction of the time it would take with traditional methods.
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iRise CEO Emmet Keeffe Joins Executive Advisory Board & Steering Committee for the World BPO Forum
Emmet B. Keeffe III, iRise CEO and co-founder has joined the executive advisory board and steering committee for the World BPO Forum, an organization dedicated to sharing best practices for optimizing human resources globally. âCIOs today have an unprecedented opportunity to leverage the current recession to finally âbreak the glassâ on critical transformational initiatives,â said Mr. Keeffe. âiRise is in the business of enabling change on a dramatic scale by giving CIOs a strategic platform to visualize the future and take the risk out of global sourcing initiatives. Accelerating the % of global sourcing for application development with low risk is the âlast mileâ for many CIOs and iRise is in a unique position to help drive this objective.â
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| Two iRise Web Seminars in May! |
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Visualize IBM Websphere Commerce Applications; Without Coding
Sean Wyrick - Business Unit Executive, Ascendant
Chris Fuller - Sr Alliance Solutions, iRise
Wednesday, May 13th at 10:00am PDT/ 1:00pm EST
New, exciting applications are being built on top of IBM Websphere® Commerce every day that are designed to drive revenue and improve efficiency. But how do you know whether your implementation will hit the mark with customers and the business? If you're still documenting requirements with text, static screen shots, use cases and wire frame mock-ups, you're increasing the chances that your project will get delivered late, with cost overruns and without all the necessary features needed to be successful.
To find out more and to register: Click Here
Best Practices for Optimizing the Requirements Process
Brian Beveridge - Senior Management Consultant, Greenridge Business Systems
Wednesday, May 27th at 10:00am PDT/ 1:00pm EST
For many years software projects have suffered delays and cost overruns due to ambiguous requirements and long cycle times. All the latest surveys of IT organizations show that the problem of bad communication between business and IT persists, with over half of all projects failing and bad requirements being blamed for the bulk of the waste. There has to be a better way. In this economy failure is no longer an option. But how do organizations go about transforming the requirements process?
To find out more and to register: Click Here
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| April Newsletter Contest Details |
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CONTEST QUESTIONS:
1. In the "read more" link of the BP lead story, the 3rd paragraph says "Once stakeholders have reached consensus, _______?
2. Where does the feature video "South Park visits IBM IMPACT 09" take you to: YouTube or the iRise website?
3. On the registration page of the May 13th Web Seminar, what is the first bullet under "Topics for this Web seminar will include:"?
4. What was your answer in the Opinion Poll?
CLICK HERE to submit your answers. One reader who answers all four questions correctly will be chosen at random as the winner. Answers must be submitted by May 11th. Winner will be notified by May 20th. Good luck!
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COMPUTERWORLD TECHNOLOGY REPORT
Visualization: The Essential Strategy for
Application Consolidation
Cutting costs today means more than just hardware consolidation. One of the biggest opportunities for CIOs to cut costs now is application rationalization. But how do you get complex consolidation projects moving forward with the business and get these mission-critical initiatives done faster? Visualization is a proven strategy for getting a clear view ahead and fundamentally transforming not only IT but the business itself.
Read these competitive insights from Computerworld and iRise, download this white paper now..
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Carlson Wagonlit Travel Cuts Software Development Cost By 15% Using iRise Visualization With 50% less rework
Spokane Teachers Credit Union (STCU), one of the largest credit unions in the Pacific Northwest serving over 80,000 members, has chosen iRise to visualize software projects before coding as way to speed delivery and cut cost. iRise has already been used to simulate enhancements to existing Web-based systems and will soon be used in new software applications that provide enhanced online services to STCUâs members. âUsing static text requirements documents and screen shots was not working for us,â stated Danny Jones, software development manager at STCU. âVisualization is a dramatically better experience for our business stakeholders and helps us speed up the process of gaining consensus on what to build...â
