ARIS 9

Analysis

With ARIS 9, you gain a powerful tool to browse, analyze and evaluate all relevant information in ARIS to increase the value of your BPA and EA initiatives. You can:

• Access data in the ARIS repository easily to conduct comprehensive analytics using a three-step approach: Query – Template – Result
• Define queries with the help of a graphical query builder and define how the data will be visualized—for example, in Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheets, Microsoft® Word documents or ARIS MashZone dashboards
• Browse the database in real-time regardless of ARIS model definitions
• Design, save and update customized viewpoints based on browsing results

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BPMN 2.0 simulation

All BPMN 2.0 models have the same simulation functionality as EPC models. This gives you a less technical way to reengineer and automate processes.
You can:

• Simulate BPMN 2.0 models to assess as-is and to-be processes
• Conduct a quantitative analysis of BPMN 2.0 models via the dynamic animation of models and output of cumulated simulation statistics at run-time
• Create and deploy “what-if” experiments in BPMN 2.0 models to gain insight into the effects of factor variations—for example, see what happens if you remove a resource from a process

Unified process intelligence

For the first time, ARIS MashZone, ARIS Process Performance Manager, webMethods Optimize for Process and webMethods Business Events are based on the same performance data. A business user can:

• Interact seamlessly with Software AG’s process intelligence tools
• Easily detect performance issues and visualize them in a dashboard
• Analyze and report on performance
• Receive alerts when processes get out of control

Real-time risk & compliance management

ARIS 9 connects ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager and webMethods to integrate your business operations and Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) management.
You can:

• Respond in real-time to risk levels or control exceptions
• Automate GRC through continuous controls, risk and exception monitoring
• Gain transparency of every single process to make better decisions

Spreadsheets

ARIS modeling has been enhanced with spreadsheet capabilities. You can combine attributes of ARIS models and objects with other data, and calculate for results that you can further analyze using ARIS MashZone dashboards. This ensures planning scenarios based on structured ARIS models, such as process-cost analysis, project management or simulation-based calculation. These are all supported with calculation formulas and spreadsheet templates.

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Integration with MashZone: Analytics anywhere

ARIS MashZone is now much more integrated into ARIS 9 and our process intelligence stack. ARIS MashZone introduces two new data sources: one to query ARIS repository contents and another for webMethods Optimize for Process. The enhancements enable you to:

• Save time with single sign-on, cross-product navigation and out-of-the-box dashboards
• Visualize and publish data in interactive dashboards
• Gain insight into your ARIS repository by crafting analytical dashboards to reveal hidden dependencies and correlations
• Publish dashboards for the entire enterprise or specific departments

Cross analytics

ARIS Process Performance Manager offers enhanced process analytics and reporting capabilities so you can:

• Easily measure and monitor performance from data-driven, process-driven and collaboration-driven points of view
• Perform new kinds of performance analytics. You could, for example, set the performance of a sales process using the appropriate KPI based on the desired outcome, such as booked revenue

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Policy management

A new policy management workflow capability in ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager ensures a fully integrated solution for policies and GRC management.
You can:

• Establish a better culture of compliance and reduce risk by cross-referencing policies to regulations, risks and processes
• Map policies in a business context with clearly defined responsibilities
• Gather stakeholder approvals
• Publish official policies—and receive policy confirmation from employees
• Create comprehensive reports thanks to a seamless audit trail