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"This solution is good at utilizing standards rules for connectivity.""Valuable features include real-time modeling and design work, the ability to perform workshops with clients in real-time with the tool, and getting instant output.""The ease of documenting and digitizing the processes was valuable to us.""It is a stable solution since there has not been any downtime. Everything loads fast.""The stability is pretty good. It is highly available, which is key. You don't lose your work and can autosave.""We are you using the product as a process mapping tool and as part of a larger process improvement project. We use it with IBM BPM and IBM ODM. We get an automated workflow solution for our customers, an improved workflow automation.""It enables decisions based upon processes that we do model, and ultimately move forward with.""You can use if from your mobile device or you can be on the desktop. It doesn't matter. You are always connected. It is cloud-based, so you don't have to install anything."

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"It makes communication easier due to transparency on processes.""​Processes become clearer, easier to understand, and easier to spot in development areas."

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"In the Blue Works Live software boxes and lines are automatically placed by the programme and can't be easily manipulated.""I wish Blueworks Live had simulations built in, but it doesn't. It also lacks a feature of reporting; ad hoc, drag and drop reporting. A lot of senior people are always asking for reports, and there's no reporting feature within IBM Blueworks.""The solution is a very basic discovery product so it doesn't have that much modeling capability. This can be improved.""Some of the import functionality was a bit restrictive, in terms of loading data in from other data sources. Something as simple as Excel, loading data tables from Excel, wasn't great. And vice-versa. Some of the export and import functionality with something like Visio - which, I know it's a slightly different tool - but being able to work seamlessly with those other tool sets would've been quite useful. I know it was something that was in the pipeline to be looked at. So that would be useful.""The font size is really, really small and it's really not useful to print out process models because you cannot read what's written in different boxes. This makes it necessary for people to have access to the tool. We view licenses to see how the printing or output is. It's not very good.""The initial setup is neither straightforward nor complex however you do need to know what you are doing.""The objects that the solution creates are not unique.""IBM Blueworks is BPMN 2.0 compliant, but it does not adapt to the overarching BPMN 2.0 concepts."

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"There is definitely a need to produce models in XML. There is already something available, but it seems that transferring between the different modelling tools is difficult."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Based on the licenses purchased, from a footprint perspective, you can have as many people as you want. You have multiple different categories of licenses to keep the cost low."
  • "We are seeing ROI from this solution. The solution has saved us time."
  • "They have a free subscription model that gives a lot of power to the users."
  • "Making it less expensive would be good."
  • "The solution is not very expensive."
  • "There are editor licenses that are around 50 euros per month, and contributor licenses that are around 30 euros per month."
  • "Price wise, IBM Blueworks Live is in the middle range, and I would give it a five out of ten."
  • "The solution is very, very cost-effective."
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    Top Answer:The solution is easy to operate. Also, there is an automatic mode to make the business flow. You don't have to put any lines or arrows in a decision point in IBM Blueworks Live; it's very automatic.
    Top Answer:The solution costs around 600-700 dollars/year, which is quite affordable.
    Top Answer:Sometimes, the tool is automatic, which can complicate it, but once you're accustomed to manipulating it, you can use it very effectively.
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    Also Known As
    IBM Lombardi Blueprint
    ProcessGuide, QPR Software ProcessGuide
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    Overview
    IBM Blueworks Live is a cloud-based business process modeling tool that helps discover, map and document processes and accessible anywhere through a browser and that generates industry-standard BPMN 2.0 layouts, documentation and output. Tutorial videos guide you through creating and editing a simple process model, allowing you to learn and perform business process modeling in minutes.
    Describe, analyze, communicate and improve your processes with QPR ProcessGuide, an all-inclusive multiuser process management software. QPR ProcessGuide helps your organization in their EBPA/BPA work by taking into consideration the needs of business users as well as IT experts.
    Sample Customers
    Cloudsoft Corp. Ltd., Bayer, S¾SS, Essex County Council
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    Manufacturing Company33%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Retailer11%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Government10%
    Insurance Company9%
    Computer Software Company9%
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    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise5%
    Large Enterprise73%
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    Small Business12%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise77%
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    March 2024
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    IBM Blueworks Live is ranked 12th in Business Process Design with 20 reviews while QPR ProcessDesigner is ranked 25th in Business Process Design. IBM Blueworks Live is rated 8.2, while QPR ProcessDesigner is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM Blueworks Live writes "An easily scalable and affordable solution that enables users to document and digitize processes with ease". On the other hand, the top reviewer of QPR ProcessDesigner writes "FactView was easy to use and integrate". IBM Blueworks Live is most compared with Visio, SAP Signavio Process Manager, Lucidchart, ARIS Cloud and Camunda, whereas QPR ProcessDesigner is most compared with SAP Signavio Process Manager and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect.

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