Remain Software Launches New Workflow Management Solution
Remain Software, a leader in Application Lifecycle Management with over 20 years expertise, announces general availability of a new and exciting ALM Workflow Management solution, named Gravity. This in-house developed product is perfect for organizations of any type or sizes that desire easier, faster and more visible management of multiple and complex processes, involving one or more departments and teams. Gravity can be of great support especially for IT departments looking for process automation, modern and robust way of working, improved collaboration and smooth communication among all team members. The software will be officially available for customers since April 2013.
Gravity is a brand new approach to Application Lifecycle and Workflow Management. The new Remain Software solution is targeted especially at software developers, IT executives and Business analysts, who will benefit from using Gravity to a great extent and within a very short period of time with several extremely useful functionalities.
Designing workflow
“Business Process Modeling seeks to improve process efficiency and quality. With this in mind, organizational strategy can be easily executed with properly designed, clear and well communicated business processes, which can be achieved with Gravity.” – says Wim Jongman, managing director at Remain Software. Gravity enables defining documents (e.g. Attributes, Planning and Estimates, Description, etc.) and designing a customized workflow which precisely shows the end-to-end path of these documents or tasks that take place in an enterprise - from assignment to production. Once the workflow is designed, Gravity will enforce the whole process. Tasks can be quickly assigned to responsible people, and once performed immediately checked as complete. Flexibility of Gravity also enables changing processes while they’re running and adjusting the entire workflow to the changes made by the user.
Workflow management system extension according to users’ needs
What makes Gravity different from other workflow management solutions is the possibility of tailoring workflow according to users’ specific needs, with their own, personalized activities (like sending e-mail or managing a calendar, or more complex steps like starting a build on the build-server, enforcing users to enter sign-off information, etc.) Regardless of activity complexity, Gravity work management is always very simple and enables users to manage all activities within one solution.
Events control
The guaranteed-delivery event management within Gravity enables subscription to anything that happens in the system. Gravity will post events for every action that it performs. The event system will make sure that the event is delivered by storing it in the database and performing its delivery as soon as the user is signed-on.
Gravity already comes with a number of event processors. However, more event processors performing all sorts of tasks like auditing, process triggering, notification, e-mail and so on can be added. The result is full control over any change that takes place in the system.
Workload control and predictability
Using Gravity, project management can be facilitated on both detailed and summarized levels. Project managers will benefit from the ability to manage individual task time estimates and team member workloads. This enables full control and visibility of project workloads and time requirements for an entire project. Workload and time predictability bring significant benefits for a company and result in better project planning.
Gravity also helps each user manage his or her own work. With the ability to personalize views, documents, information, processes – in general, everything that goes through Gravity, users can concentrate on information and tasks they’re actually involved in and know exactly when and what to do. Gravity allows users to control single tasks as well as entire projects.
Improve communication flow
Gravity facilitates information flow between multiple teams and team members. It registers all changes that take place in enterprise and sends notifications regarding these changes whenever and wherever the user wants. It is also possible to define what kind of changes are important, and if the user would like to be informed about them.
A noteworthy advantage of Gravity is that it allows users to specify notification receipt times and location where they’d like to receive them – such as mailbox, smart phone or any other device.
Streamlined communication within Gravity also means that changes/requests/problems can be defined and assigned to particular employees. To make the communication clearer, these changes can be described in stories and then split into multiple tasks with defined deadlines or time-frames. The user responsible for completing the task will be immediately notified about it.
What’s more, each Gravity user can see work assigned to both themselves and that of other users. They can view task status and when their tasks are scheduled for completion.
“Utilizing the features and functionality of Gravity users will reap the benefits of streamlined communications, resulting in significant teamwork improvement, increased productivity, and substantial time savings.” – says Marco Kok, managing director at Remain Software.
Comply with laws & regulations
Last but not least of the features that Gravity users can benefit from is laws & regulations compliance. With properly designed workflow, users can streamline processes, facilitate work management, and track and record all process stages. Since all data is registered within Gravity, ad-hoc reports can be easily created, which can also support regulatory reporting requirements such as ISO, Basel II, SOX, and others.
What makes Gravity unique?
Several features make Remain Software solution different from other workflow management products.
- Service Oriented Architecture,
- Multi-Platform Framework,
- State-of-the-art technology,
- Improved security with authorization and authentication,
- Database independence and extensibility,
- Personalization functionalities,
- Methodology independence.
Software Change Management on IBM i platform & Gravity synergy
Remain Software customers who currently use their Software Change Management solution TD/OMS can also benefit from using Gravity. Utilizing Work Management, it is easy to make a connection between the Gravity Work Document and the TD/OMS Request and Fix. Within Gravity a very granular document structure can be created so that TD/OMS will be enriched with options to create Projects, Releases, User Stories and other types of documents before work is promoted to TD/OMS fixes. When TD/OMS fixes are completed, a message will be send back to Gravity.
Gravity Work Management module can also be used to create required documents, and launch a preliminary process before the actual development starts. After TD/OMS processing is finished, the workflow can be completed in Gravity which enables complete, full-circle Enterprise Change Management.
Users will quickly notice how workflow management functionalities combined with TD/OMS can significantly improve software development process quality.
Gravity Business Benefits
- Time and money savings
- Workflow control
- Requirements management
- Workload predictability
- Improved collaboration
- Work quality improvement
- Future-proof technology
- Significant increase in employee and machine productivity
- Improved team communication and collaboration
- Laws and compliance regulations (SOX, ISO, COBIT, etc.)
- Methodology independence (AGILE, Scrum, Waterfall, xp, “the next great thing”TM, etc.)
Gravity distribution
Gravity will be available for purchasing from Remain Software and their international Value Added Resellers. More info can be found on the website www.remainsoftware.com/partners
More than ever, there is a demand for IT to deliver innovation. Your IBM i has been an essential part of your business operations for years. However, your organization may struggle to maintain the current system and implement new projects. The thousands of customers we've worked with and surveyed state that expectations regarding the digital footprint and vision of the company are not aligned with the current IT environment.
TRY the one package that solves all your document design and printing challenges on all your platforms. Produce bar code labels, electronic forms, ad hoc reports, and RFID tags – without programming! MarkMagic is the only document design and print solution that combines report writing, WYSIWYG label and forms design, and conditional printing in one integrated product. Make sure your data survives when catastrophe hits. Request your trial now! Request Now.
Forms of ransomware has been around for over 30 years, and with more and more organizations suffering attacks each year, it continues to endure. What has made ransomware such a durable threat and what is the best way to combat it? In order to prevent ransomware, organizations must first understand how it works.
Disaster protection is vital to every business. Yet, it often consists of patched together procedures that are prone to error. From automatic backups to data encryption to media management, Robot automates the routine (yet often complex) tasks of iSeries backup and recovery, saving you time and money and making the process safer and more reliable. Automate your backups with the Robot Backup and Recovery Solution. Key features include:
Business users want new applications now. Market and regulatory pressures require faster application updates and delivery into production. Your IBM i developers may be approaching retirement, and you see no sure way to fill their positions with experienced developers. In addition, you may be caught between maintaining your existing applications and the uncertainty of moving to something new.
IT managers hoping to find new IBM i talent are discovering that the pool of experienced RPG programmers and operators or administrators with intimate knowledge of the operating system and the applications that run on it is small. This begs the question: How will you manage the platform that supports such a big part of your business? This guide offers strategies and software suggestions to help you plan IT staffing and resources and smooth the transition after your AS/400 talent retires. Read on to learn:
LATEST COMMENTS
MC Press Online