Definition By Design

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iRise Studio is an application definition authoring tool used by business analysts, usability professionals and project managers to quickly visualize and define business software. Unlike traditional requirements tools, iRise Studio can be used to create fully interactive, high definition replicas of the target application that stakeholders actually delight in using. iRise simulations are easy to assemble for non-programmers and are so realistic users will swear they are interacting with the final production application. The "drag and drop" interface is easy to master and the final product becomes a visual blueprint for what to build. No confusion, no lost cycles and no rework.

Benefits:

• Visual, interactive simulations eliminate confusion, accelerating time to market
• No confusion means no rework; costs are kept under control & developers get to move on to other projects
• Business analysts become prototyping powerhouses, freeing development resources
• Outsourcing strategies can now be executed with low risk of failure
• Usability design can be moved to the front of the development process, improving adoption & cutting training costs
• Downstream organizations get a head-start on test scripts, documentation & training, speeding up the delivery process

Think Out Loud
	iRise Studio's whiteboard provides a fast way to think about an application without concern for detailed components or underlying technologies. Simply drag and drop pages, decisions and navigation onto a collaborative canvas. Rearrange them with ease to conceptualize the complete application front-to-end.
Envision the Process
	Analysts get sign-off from stakeholders in a shorter amount of time when a specific user objective-such as transferring funds or selecting a medical plan-is shown from start to finish in a scenario.
Real Interactivity
	Focus on specific user activity by dragging and dropping page widgets from an extensive library including buttons, drop-down menus, lists, check boxes and form fields. iRise Studio helps users to model functionally complex, rich Internet applications.
Comments Management
	Simulation authors can easily manage stakeholder feedback using in the Comments Panel in iRise Studio. Comments can be color coded, sorted and filtered, making it easy for authors to identify where within a project the comments are located.
Sample Data
	By adding realistic sample data via a spreadsheet-like interface, the business expert can communicate complex ideas and processes. Data can be easily imported from existing sources, driving meaningful review by stakeholders.
Masters & Templates
	Template pages drive reusability and reinforce corporate branding directives. Business users set up templates and masters that perform common application functions and then use these as repeatable elements for new parts of the simulation or on other projects.
Immediate Productivity
iRise Studio helps users to quickly create application walk-thrus with little or no training. As users' skills improve, additional rich interactions including data and functional fidelity can be added to simulations improving the simulated experience, leading to better feedback and speedier innovation.