Designer is a good tool and makes sense for organizations that want to really automate task management and enable their "hybrid IT" people like Business Analysts. Before I left my previous employer, I was trying to get them to use Designer to design the business process flows and decrease the bottleneck it causes for the remedy admin team to do it. Alas, I left and they are probably not pursuing that as priority right now.
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Elry <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes agreed... > > Version 8.0 of BMC Remedy should include both the Analyzer and > Designer as standard toolsets. > > Much like how the Ostream Migrator become the Remedy Migrator. > > This would be a wonderful marriage - we just have to set up a blind > date first...;-) > > > On Feb 8, 4:34 pm, Jose Huerta <[email protected]> wrote: > > My opinion is that Abydos Analyzer features had to be included in the > > standard developer studio. > > > > Jose M. 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I would > > > definitely recommend it.**** > > > > > Love that it uses standard Microsoft products for the output to Visio > and > > > Excel.**** > > > > > ** ** > > > > > Regards,**** > > > > > **** > > > > > *Andrew Goodall***** > > > > > Software Engineer 2 | Development Services | jcpenney .www.jcp.com< > http://www.jcp.com/> > > > **** > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > > > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *John Sundberg > > > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 08, 2012 8:42 AM > > > *To:* [email protected] > > > *Subject:* ****Abydos**** - experiences**** > > > > > ** ** > > > > > ** **** > > > > > (BTW - I have no connection to ****Abydos****, except that we share the > > > same earth, air, etc…)**** > > > > > ** ** > > > > > FYI - we purchased Abydos Analyzer a month or so ago. **** > > > > > ** ** > > > > > I thought I would relay back that 2 times in the last week alone -- it > was > > > quite helpful.**** > > > > > ** ** > > > > > One scenario was to track down and give insight into a design decision > we > > > were making for the next version of Request.**** > > > > > ** ** > > > > > We were able to easily look at the code areas and get a rough feel of > > > level of effort to implement the change.**** > > > > > We could see all the areas that were using a certain table and fields > -- > > > and then -- we could estimate the impact.**** > > > > > To me - this is very valuable -- as - if you were going blind (I mean > > > using the normal Admin tool) -- you would have to uncover this stuff > over > > > time -- and you may be walking into a mine-field of a problem. In our > case > > > - we were not walking into a mine-field -- and therefore had > confidence in > > > moving forward.**** > > > > > ** ** > > > > > ** ** > > > > > The other scenario was a bit of an overall analysis of high-level > > > workflow. We had ****Abydos**** analyze what happens on a submit of a > > > Kinetic Request. We printed it out -- and then discussed the > flow/process > > > as a group. Without the printout -- it would have been "practically > > > impossible" to have that kind of discussion.**** > > > > > ** ** > > > > > ** ** > > > > > I thought I would relay these experiences - as I find design to be the > > > most important step in the creation of software. The traditional tools > for > > > ARS are designed to program -- not designed for design :) I think it > is a > > > critically missing piece to the toolset.**** > > > > > ** ** > > > > > ** ** > > > > > ****Abydos**** would be a great addition to any Remedy system.**** > > > > > ** ** > > > > > ** ** > > > > > ** ** > > > > > -John**** > > > > > ** ** > > > > > ** ** > > > > > ** ** > > > > > **** > > > > > ** ** > > > > > -- > > > John David Sundberg > > > ****235 East 6th Street, Suite 400B**** > > > ****St. Paul**, **MN** **55101**** > > > (651) 556-0930-work > > > (651) 247-6766-cell > > > (651) 695-8577-fax > > > [email protected] > > > _attend WWRUG12www.wwrug.comARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ **** > > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity > to > > > which it is addressed and > > > may contain confidential and/or privileged material. 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