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We moved our clients from Intalio BPMS to Bizagi

Neil Simpson

Founder/Principal at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Oct 21 2017

Valuable Features Bizagi offers phenomenal ease of use - building working solutions and making continuous improvements is very quick/agile and does not require a large technical team "behind the curtain" to assist with completing the application, resolving compilation and deployment issues,... more »

Outstanding support from start to finish…and great features too

Leo Cruz

Project Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

As a consultant, I have witnessed Bizagi being successfully implemented across many companies and niche areas. I confidently give it top marks in all aspects, from its powerful documentation capabilities to the easy-to-use process automation tools. Bizagi also provides unique customer service... more »

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I can create requirements, draw all kinds of UML diagrams, link it all together and produce nice PDF reports and charts for the stakeholders.

Sparx Systems

Christian Kaegi

Senior Solution Designer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

Valuable Features: There are many, but the most important is traceability, and having the option to quickly drill down from a birdseye view to the little details, and back. • Improvements to My Organization: I can create requirements, draw all kinds of UML diagrams, link it all together... more »

5 comments

reviewer456243The topic is helpful for me. thanks. more »

Saudi MostafaWe can also generate As-Is and What to be reports to transfer requirements... more »

Processes are more transparent but it's not targeted towards real implementation/running of certain business processes

Software AG

Nikola Dlaka

Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

May 19 2017

Valuable Features: The whole ARIS BPM solution is a bit special, because from the very beginning it was targeted more to Business users and the Management. Its core focus was to, at the end provide a neat tool for the Management to use as get a grasp about their Business Processes, more easily... more »

6 comments

Reza HajrezaiThis is a sample of a neutral professional review. Thank you Nikola more »

Orlee GillisNikola, how did you succeed in building a clear strategy that has allowed you... more »

carlos alberto salamando mejia

Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I've evaluated AuraPortal and others but Bizagi provides great Agility, Flexibility, Mobility, Speed of Implementation

Valuable Features: Agility, Flexibility, Mobility, Speed of Implementation • Improvements to My Organization: I am a BPM consultant, and I have found that Bizagi's platform enables me to please my clients expectations. I would like to emphasize that implementation times are really... more »

2 comments

imran_shHave you used alternate solutions (Process Maker, BonitaSoft, AuraPortal,... more »

Mario Treviño SalazarWhich solution/product do yo use if you want to include an attachment as part... more »

Provides a corporate repository that connects business information.

Software AG

Guillermo Lopez Felipe

Senior Architect - BPM Competence Centre at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

Valuable Features: EPC is by far the best notation to process modelling form. The idea of the corporate repository with all business information connected has no competition! The ARIS Connect Collaborative Portal is a good idea, too! • Improvements to My Organization: Thousands of... more »

1 comment

Nikola DlakaGreat review Guillermo. ARIS has of course some drawbacks, like any other... more »

It doesn't use any type of proprietary scripting language, like in some other BPMs. Documentation and examples could be enhanced.

Bonitasoft

Brad Pridgeon

Sr. Software Engineer at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

Valuable Features: I was tasked with evaluating three different BPM vendors for my organization. Of the 3 I evaluated, Bonita was the best in: creating forms ease of customization of forms versatility of supported platforms (we have both Macs and Windows machines, and the Studio will... more »

No Magic MagicDraw

No Magic

Dr. Udo Nink

enterprise architect, IT architect, freelancer at Dr. Nink IT Consulting

Oct 13 2017

Mighty mighty tool, heavy load of functions, make it easier for non UMLers by customization to your needs

Valuable Features Plugin development implementing domain specific languages on UML making modeling much easier for non UML experts Customized diagram types Customized report templates for producing Word, Powerpoint, Excel from models Producing complete architecture and IT design documents from... more »

We tested TIBCO and others but chose Bizagi because nothing comes close in terms of usability and resource requirements

Murugappan Ramanathan

IT Consultant and Adviser at a consultancy

Oct 07 2017

Valuable Features The user interface and ease of use as compared to some of the other products I have tried. The ability to document the entire process within the same diagram and then generate documents in Word. The ability to publish on the web has become extremely useful in publishing the... more »

3 comments

imran_shWindows 8 is not supported by previous versions of Bizagi. The company has... more »

kapilmalik1983As I am mostly concerned about the operating system license along with... more »

Amir Elsayed Fathy, PMI-PBA

Senior System Analyst at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Jul 31 2017

We used it to model all business processes

Valuable Features: BPMN 2.0 compliance, while you model the processes, the system can detect your notation errors. Plus, it is free. • Improvements to My Organization: We used it to model all business processes using OMG standard BPMN 2.0. • Room for Improvement: The product itself... more »

Luis German Alonso Valencia

Director de Desarrollo at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jul 17 2017

In most scenarios, we enhance the traceability of transactions across multiple platforms

Valuable Features: You can model and automate processes really fast. Most of the interface are very intuitive. Your team can work on it having basic training about databases and BPM modeling. The integration capabilities are useful, but identifying errors in this feature are not so easy. •... more »

We use it to model and automate business processes. I would like them to freeze the pricing in a contract.

Guillermo Valin

Management Systems Project Manager at a media company with 501-1,000 employees

Jul 13 2017

Valuable Features: Bizagi is a valuable tool for us to model and automate business processes. It has an easy to use interface which final users accepted with much more enthusiasm than our ERP (SAP). It provided greater levels of automation and integration. • Improvements to My... more »

Valuable features include data modeling and XML schema design.

Sparx Systems

AldrichWright

Data Architect at a financial services firm

May 29 2017

Valuable Features: Data Modeling (conceptual modeling) XML schema design We use it to develop and maintain the Enterprise Conceptual Model, migrated from erwin a couple of years ago. • Improvements to My Organization: We used Sparx EA to document CCAR data lineage in response to an OCC... more »

It allowed teams and team members all over the world to collaborate and sync up on specific detailed parts of the solution or model easily with a minimum fuss.

Sparx Systems

Allan Gary Kowalski

Consultant with 5,001-10,000 employees

Jun 30 2017

Valuable Features: Automated document generation is a real time saver , no more cut and paste, no more keeping track of which diagrams are in which reports, no more last minute update panics. Just click a mouse and you've got an up to date report. Customized profiles allow you to create... more »

Good for consultants as it offers products/views to represent info and data to different stakeholders

Software AG

Kimaya Ghag

Business Process Management Consultant and Business Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Sep 25 2017

Valuable Features Features like SAP SolMan sync, Alfabet EA integration (another Software AG product). Also, a good defined framework for BPM or any consulting practice across any verticals or domains, whether it's TOGAF methodology, running BPM Lifecycle or Six Sigma process analysis. •... more »

Savvion BusinessManager

Aurea

Hardik Chavda

Savvion (BPM) J2EE Developer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

Sep 20 2017

Facilitates development flexibility and easy customization

Valuable Features Flexibility of development. Developer can use various JavaScript APIs for development. Most (or all) of the components are plug and play. Customization is easily achievable most of the time. • Improvements to My Organization As mentioned above, it is more flexible than... more »

Java integration is powerful enough to solve any complex problems

Bonitasoft

Claudio Daniel Ruiz Diaz

Dueño at a tech services company

Sep 13 2017

Valuable Features: Process automation with Bonita BPM is really easy. Price to service ratio with Bonita BPM is good. Forms to interact with users are really good in Bonita BPM. Integration with existing systems is easy with Bonita BPM connectors. Java integration is powerful enough to solve... more »

Visio

Microsoft

John ONeill

Senior Information Technology Manager at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees

Sep 08 2017

Offers a wide range of diagramming tools to map a business process

Valuable Features: Network diagrams tools Flow charts • Improvements to My Organization: Offers a wide range of diagramming tools. Being able to visualize an architecture for a network solution. Map a business process. Document fitout of a rack solution for on-premise. It allows the... more »

iServer

Orbus Software

Dorcas Ngila

Senior Associate Consultant at a consultancy with 501-1,000 employees

Aug 21 2017

Cannot see which activities are control activities when presenting process maps. Client support has been great.

Valuable Features: I love how there are no milestone swimlanes. The only swimlanes are business role swimlanes which makes process mapping easier and easy to read. • Improvements to My Organization: It has helped having data lineage in the business cluster, which is used as control... more »

WorkflowGen

Kirankumar Sadhanala

Lead Engineer at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aug 21 2017

Improved productivity with ready-to-use templates

Valuable Features: Delegation: With just a few steps of configuration, the running activities can be delegated to another person. User Groups: Create groups and map them easily to various stages of various workflows. Assemblies: You write your own code, create a library, refer to it and use it.... more »

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Business Process Design Questions

Angela Lee

Intern at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees

Jul 14 2017

What is the difference between NIEM plugin and Sparx?

I want to know what's the difference NIEM plugin and Sparx, except prices. Thank you so much. more »

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Icky Du BuissonI’m not sure about the question. Is it about the difference between No Magic... more »

Dominic RoyHi, You mentioned prices and I don't really know the difference between... more »

reviewer139326I only worked in testing Sparx Enterprise Architect as a replacement for... more »

Ariel Lindenfeld

Sr. Director of Community

IT Central Station

Oct 20 2017

When evaluating Business Process Design, what aspect do you think is the most important to look for?

Let the community know what you think. Share your opinions now! more »

4 answers

NeerajRanaEvaluating Business Process Design from ARIS perspective would mean the kind... more »

Sayede Salim Mohamed AhmedI f there is already templates of the shelf related to industry strandards more »

reviewer752379The physical location of process participants in relation to each other... more »

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Paul Parisi

Enterprise Architect

Paul has over 20 years of commercial experience in the IT industry having working in all areas of IT including both technical and non-technical roles. He is currently consulting in the Enterprise Architecture space and particularly in Mobile Application Design, Business Process and Business... more>>

Reviewed Appian BPM: Fast to build simple to medium complexity solutions

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Neil Simpson

Founder/Principal

Neil Simpson is the founder and principal consultant of InnoVelocity, the leading US implementation partner for Bizagi, with a 10-year track record helping customers large and small achieve outstanding results with BPM, Case Management and Digital Transformation. Our nationwide team of 8... more>>

Reviewed Bizagi: We moved our clients from Intalio BPMS to Bizagi

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Dr. Udo Nink

enterprise architect, IT architect, freelancer

Available again in April 2016, until then additional smaller activities possible. My solution: Integrated architecture; boosting productivity, consistency, and quality in projects using model-driven documentation (MDD) Expert in MagicDraw and Alfabet (planningIT).

Reviewed alfabet planningIT: Very sophisticated meta model, but XMI export /...

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Nikola Dlaka

Consultant

Starting as a developer entusiast... Continuing as a consultant and service provider... Still trying to bring the worlds of business and IT a bit closer...

Reviewed ARIS BPM: Processes are more transparent but it's not targeted...

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Leo Cruz

Project Manager

Professional Goal: Work as BPM professional - Business Process Management I am graduated in business administration with experience in large multinational company in IT and process management, fluent English spoken and written, international experience with study abroad. I work a few years... more>>

Reviewed Bizagi: Outstanding support from start to finish…and great...

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Murugappan Ramanathan

IT Consultant and Adviser

With 35 years experience in IT ranging from programming to architecture designs and vast experience in IT Management my goals are to research, innovate and implement: (1) IT practices (2) Business System Solutions (3) Methodologies (4) Business Processes. Specialties: (1) Business Process... more>>

Reviewed Bizagi: We tested TIBCO and others but chose Bizagi because...

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Petr Klučka

Solution Architect - Senior Consultant

Experience Areas: Solution/Enterprise Architecture, System Integration, Fault and Disaster Tollerant Design, Network topology and Traffic, Capacity Planning, DB and OS Performance Tunning, Advanced Database Design, Analysis/Design/Test, Object Oriented/Component Development, MIS/DSS (KPI, KRI,... more>>

Reviewed Visual Paradigm: Provides the features for Enterprise Architecture,...

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Jon Ridgway

Consultant

I am a TOGAF certified architect, with a wealth of practical experience. I have worked as a consultant, training and mentoring architecture teams in the use of emerging standards and industry best practices. I’ve helped establish and lead high performing process, solution and enterprise... more>>

Reviewed Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect: Supports modeling standards such as UML, BPMN, and...

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Ron Burns, CRISC

Business Consultant

Unsure if you might be the next Target or Home Depot? Need culture change with focus on data protection? Better reach out so we can talk it over. Let me know if you are serious about info security. Strong technical skills, risk management, strategic planning, reporting, and regulatory compliance. more>>

Reviewed Visio: Templates provide a wide variety of the commonly...

Allan Gary Kowalski

Consultant

Reviewed Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect: It allowed teams and team members all over the world...

Neeraj Rana

Senoir consultant

Reviewed ARIS BPM: the tool provides the facility to capture process...

Kimaya Ghag

Business Process Management Consultant and Business Analyst

Reviewed ARIS BPM: Good for consultants as it offers products/views to...

Saudi Mostafa

IT Consultant

Motivated IT Director who consistently achieves objectives; Experience gained across a large number of projects, services and technologies. Well developed inter-personal skills, motivation and team building, with an analytical and investigative approach to work. In depth understanding of... more>>

Reviewed Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect: We've improved overall to some extent. UML analysis...

Claus Ørum-Hansen

Senior Consultant

Reviewed iGrafx: It can integrate all the process maps through...

Fletcher Groves

Vice President, Senior Consultant

Reviewed iGrafx: There are other process modeling and process mapping...

Alexandre Carnelós

Operational Excellence Consultant

Reviewed iGrafx: Provides a way to build flowcharts and process...

Dorcas Ngila

Senior Associate Consultant

Reviewed iServer: Cannot see which activities are control activities...

Lamine GHEMATI

Consultant

Founder and developer of online sales site www.tbeznyss.com Active member of the ATLAS Association website administrator http://www.atlas-association.com and event organizer RDV Leaders - http://www.atlas-association.com/index.php/tools/ cms/137

Reviewed Bonita BPM: A BPM platform with a wide range of connectors

Eugen Dahl

Solution Architect / Senior Consultant

In early 2001, I graduated high school, specialized in computers/office machines, and started working as a computer technician for Elkjøp Norge in Kristiansand. Shortly after, I was hired into Enitsør, a telecom company developing fiber broadband products, to administer their servers and network.... more>>

Reviewed Bizagi: Simple, easy and straightforward

Business10f4

Business Process Improvement and Transformation Consultant

Reviewed iGrafx: It's easy to perform simulations of the improved...