ARIS CONNECT CLOSING SESSION
Dr. Dominik Vanderhaeghen
Director, Product Management ARIS
Software AG
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OUTLINE
• Roadmap outlook
• How to interact? Your chance to influence Development
• Follow-up / what’s next
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CLOSING SESSION
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DISCLAIMER
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The following represents Software AG‘s current view of its product development cycle and future directions. It is intended for information purposes only, and should not be interpreted as a commitment on the part of Software AG. Software AG makes no warranties, express or implied, in this document.
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ARIS CONNECT 10.0 OFFERS
GREAT ENHANCEMENTS & NEW CAPABILITIES
BENEFICIAL TO…
END-USERS ARCHITECTS
COE MEMBERS TECHNICAL PEOPLE
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ARIS CONNECT (APRIL 2017)
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MULTI MEDIA PUBLICATION IN THE PORTAL
To catch a business users attention, content published (e.g. for a QMS) needs to be catchy
and simplistic. Multi-media content publication is a game changer
Image (JPG, PNG) or embedded video
• Screenshots
• Videos (stored in 3rd party
storage)
• … Fullscreen víew
Previous/next browsing
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ARIS CONNECT (APRIL 2017)
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STEPS VIEW ENHANCEMENTS1
The Steps View is crucial to roll-out business process-related information to business
users. As it is so important, it gets a bunch of enhancements
1 This feature requires configuration changes for activation or parametrization purposes
Planned changes
When having multiple options (e.g. start
nodes, after split), more important options
should be shown first
Show tooltip in steps view for very long
names
Steps View to show operator related
information
It must be necessary to switch between the
full process (Diagram View, birds eye view)
and the reduced one (Steps View)
Provide SSC for Steps View fact sheets
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ARIS CONNECT (APRIL 2017)
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REPORTS WITH DIALOGUES IN ARIS CONNECT
More extended reports can be run in ARIS Connect if the reports allow further specification
of criteria (e.g. level, output format etc.). Choices are shown in dialogs
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ARIS CONNECT 10.0
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BUSINESS USAGE STATISTICS1 – POWERED BY ARIS AWARE
A Center of Excellence always wants to know what happens on their platform to derive
wise roll-out decisions for their transformation programs
1 This feature requires configuration changes for activation or parametrization purposes
How often has a model
been clicked by our users?
What technology is used
by our user groups?
What should we focus on
when we do the next
content release?
Which tabs are being
clicked most?
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ARIS CONNECT (APRIL 2017)
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PROFILE-BASED VIEWS FOR DIFFERENT ROLES / USER GROUPS1
Different target groups have a different need for information and functionality. You now
assign user groups to profiles which define what user see and what they can do
1 This feature requires configuration changes for activation or parametrization purposes
User group 1
User group 2
User group 3
User group 4
User group 5
User group 6
User group 7
User group 8
User group 9
User group 10
…
Profile 1
Profile 2
Profile 3
…
Dertemines in
the portal for
viewers
• what tabs
are shown
• which
functionality
is exposed
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ARIS CONNECT
Important topics being discussed / planned for future releases
• View generation for models
• Further UX enhancements
• Role-based access enhancements (handling, role selection)
• Portal2Portal Plug-in API
• Minor collaboration enhancements
• Spreadsheet supporting in viewing
• Extension of ADS-SP connector
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OCTOBER 2017 AND BEYOND
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BRAINSTORM
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WHAT IS IT AND WHAT IS IT NOT?
• Brainstorm is
– …Software AG’s environment to
roll-in features if you are an ARIS
customer, community (e.g. user
group), user
– …a place to receive Information
about feature status
– …a place to collaborate with like-
minded
– …a place to learn from other
customers and users
• Brainstorm is not
– …a place to ask how-to questions
– …a place to post something that
nobody understands
– …accessible to every end-user;
accounts are restricted to a few per
customer to control priorities
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HOW TO GET ACCESS
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VISIT SOFTWARE AG’S CUSTOMER PORTAL
• https://www.empower.software
ag.com
• Log-in with the user
credentials you requested
• If you are the ARIS owner and
do not have an account,
please request it here
• If you are an ARIS user,
please synchronize with your
ARIS owner because every
organization gets limited user
accounts
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HOW TO GET ACCESS
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BROWSE TO THE PRODUCT SPACE
• Launch Brainstorm from here
• If you don’t have access, learn
in the FAQ section how to get
access
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HOW TO WORK WITH BRAINSTORM
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SUBMIT A FEATURE REQUEST
• Please fill in all fields carefully
• When you save your feature request,
Product Management gets
automatically notified
• A PM will review your request, be
patient – a feedback might not be
given instantly after submission (note:
some PMs review Brainstorm
periodically in preparation of the
release planning)
• In case of questions, please place a
comment in the feature request
comments thread
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HOW TO WORK WITH BRAINSTORM
New Status is automatically set to new when submitted
(Under review) PM reviews feature request(s)
Detailed discussion might be happening internally (e.g. feasibility, efforts) or externally (e.g. questions)
(With community) Feature is chosen to be judged by community first
Like-minded customers have the chance to vote for a feature
Not in plan Feature is making sense but
Feature is not planned for one of the next two releases
Closed Feature is redundant or
Feature does not fit to product strategy
Planned Feature is planned for a specific release
(Under Development) Feature is planned and currently under development
Can be expected for the next 2 releases
Released Feature has been released already
See notes for further information
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KEEP TRACK ON THE STATUS
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User Group Meetings
National and international events (e.g. IUG May
11-12 Salzburg, Austria)