"Application Development That Delivers"
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UPS & M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Highlighted in InformationWeek

  

On June 6th, InformationWeek released a series of related articles under the banner of "Application Development That Delivers". It focused on how some organizations are shaking up the software development process. Two of the articles mention iRise as a way these companies are meeting the new demands of software development.

UPS Works To Get Better, One Step At A Time
"One way UPS is getting requirements right from the start is with visualization software from iRise, to the point that analysts must justify why they wouldn't do a simulation for any project involving a user interface. Three people are critical to getting requirements right up front, Hilbush says: the business analyst, the IT architect, and the business unit representative." READ MORE

Cancer Center Builds E-Records From Scratch
"The team uses simulation software from iRise, for example, to show doctors new features before they're coded, and to communicate requirements to outsourcers, which the center has increasingly relied upon in recent years." READ MORE

  
   Product News
iRise Ships Integration to IBM Rational Requirements Composer

iRise Connect for IBM Rational Requirements Composer makes high fidelity iRise visualizations instantly accessible from within the IBM Rational Requirements Composer™ environment. The combination of IBM and iRise now provides a richer requirements definition solution supporting a variety of elicitation and definition methods. This integration is designed to eliminate wasteful cost overruns and delays by ensuring IT organizations are documenting and tracking the right business needs – the first time.
  Customer News
Accruent Adopts iRise Visualization; Expects to Drive Improved Usability

Accruent, Inc., the leading provider of real estate and facilities management solutions, has selected iRise to improve the usability and streamline the delivery of new software solutions. “We were looking for a tool that allowed us to easily simulate customer behavior and enhance the usability of our solutions,” stated Mike Ellis, senior vice president of product management at Accruent. “Using iRise we can create usage scenarios and more easily share ideas with customers, thereby advancing the collaborative process and enabling us to develop solutions that precisely meet their requirements.” Over 100 screens of the Accruent application suite have already been redesigned by assembling iRise visualizations in advance of coding.

  Partner News
Dextrys and iRise Partner to Make China Easy

Dextrys, a premier U.S.-based China outsourcing firm delivering product engineering and application services, and iRise today announced that they have partnered to incorporate iRise’s visualization software into Dextrys’ global delivery processes between the U.S. and China. China is a top destination for offshore software development due to its high-quality labor force, established infrastructure, attractive pricing, low turnover, controlled inflation and incredible market potential. Dextrys will be leveraging visualizations of proposed business software solutions as part of its global delivery model. The visualizations facilitated by iRise further tie the onshore and offshore client teams together with a common understanding of the software to be built.

   iRise Web Seminar
Gaining Consistency and Productivity through Rapid and
Iterative Requirements

Keith Ellis, Vice President of Marketing & Strategic Alliances, IAG Consulting
Wednesday, July 15th at 10:00am PDT/ 1:00pm EST

 How important is it for your analyst team to show value to the organization in this economic time? This session takes a close look at the rut many analyst organizations have found themselves in, and provides specific tactics for re-energizing the function. Taking an executive’s perspective, this session looks at the FACTS of organizational performance, discusses barriers organizations throw up in front of themselves that reduce performance, and provides tangible actions that you can implement tomorrow which will improve productivity within your analyst function.

To find out more and to register: Click Here

   iRise Product Training
New iRise Training Course Created and Existing Courses Enhanced

iRise Connect for IBM Rational Requirements Composer (iRise Connect)
This new course focuses on iRise Connect, which allows for increased application definition capabilities by combining the power of an iRise simulation with IBM’s world-class requirements gathering methods. This course will help new users of iRise Connect:

1. Understand how the integration between iRise Studio and Requirements Composer works
2. Describe how to use this powerful combination
3. Get the most out of iRise Connect

iRise Expert
iRise Expert has been update to provide our clients with a richer learning experience. We’ve enhanced this course with more hands-on activities, more free-form workshops and greater real-world-iRise discussions!

For more information on either of the above two courses: CLICK HERE

iRise Explained Course Enhancements (Free Online Training)
This free online training course has been improved to offer an even better learning experience. Enhancements include:

  • Progress tracking – your progress through each module is displayed with status indicators in the Table of Contents; also, when re-launching a module, you are given the option of returning to the point where you left off during your previous session.
  • Consistent training scenario – One continuous modeling scenario is now used, adding more continuity to the learning experience, and better transference to real world projects.
  • More interactivity – The core modules of the course are now much more interactive and engaging, with greatly increased opportunities to gain hands-on experience in a simulated environment.
  • Miscellaneous performance and content enhancements – Including keyword search capability, improved realism of simulations, and speed and navigation improvement.

    To learn more: Click Here
   June Newsletter Contest Details
CONTEST QUESTIONS:

1. What is the sub-headline of the iRise Connect for IBM® Rational Requirements Composer" article? "New Solution _______."? (fill in the blank)

2. On the July 15th Web Seminar registration page, who's sponsorship logo is on the upper right-hand corner?

3. On the free eLearning Courses page, what is the first course listed?

4. At the very beginning of the Marvin Balliet video, he says they decided to use iRise, and:
" __________ is important on this" (fill in the blank)

CLICK HERE to submit your answers (sends email to dci@irise.com). One reader who answers all four questions correctly will be chosen at random as the winner. Answers must be submitted by July 14th. Winner will be notified by July 20th. Good luck!

 
  
To celebrate the re-launch of the iRise newsletter, we're giving away an 8gb iPod Touch this month to one lucky reader. All you have to do is send us the answers to the four questions listed at the bottom of the newsletter. The answers can be found in this edition of Visualize, and the associated links.


Scroll down to the bottom of this newsletter to find the questions. Your answers must be submitted by July 14th. One entry per person. Good luck!

 
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Visualize To Succeed:
A Case Study From Merrill Lynch

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Marvin Balliet, former Managing Director and COO of Merrill Lynch Banks, talks about how visualization solutions from iRise helped his organization deliver business critical applications more quickly and at lower cost.

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