November 3, 2024

iRise Overview. Everything You Need To Know

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iRise

What is iRise?

iRise is a software company based in El Segundo, California. The company offers a cloud-based requirement definition and visualization platform for businesses and teams. The company enables product owners, product managers, business analysts, and every other stakeholder to prototype start-up project’s features and enhancements without coding or scripting as well as supporting the creation of interactive business flows, use cases and other diagrams. Each screen, user interface element and diagram can be expressed with detailed requirements which can be converted to custom documentation.

History of the company

The company was established in 1996 by Maurice Martin under the name Intracoastal Consulting. Emmet B. Keeffe came into the picture in 1998 to become the company founder. The company originally started as a consulting service firm with the aim of building Java-based applications for Fortune 1000 companies. The name of the company was converted to iRise in 2002.

What does the company offer?

iRise platform offers a simulation of business software that allows business analysts, product managers, project managers and usability professionals to assemble fully-functional simulations of problem-solving software that feels, looks and behaves the same way as the proposed final product. Business stakeholders,  end users and the team of developers can interact with the stimulation and carry out near-final usability testing prior to the start of writing the codes. The visuals enable the user to get the features they want, functionality, interface appearance and also the user experience before the development of the program is done. Web applications, commercial off-the-shelf systems like SAP and Oracle desktop systems and mobile apps can be simulated.

Users can also increase the fidelity with the iRise studio. There is a desktop companion application which is used to add complex behaviours, business logic as well as data operations. The application enables users to convert simple prototypes to real-life stipulations that the stakeholders can actually use and test without having to write a line of code.

Users can create their own custom UI elements and action or import existing components that are JAVASCRIPT based on the internet using the iBloc application programming interface (API).

The program also allows multiple simulation authors to work on the same project simultaneously and publish simulation reviews for usability testers by directing the testers to a URL. Usability testers log in to view and interact with the simulation and provide feedback about the simulation. Authors can also share their projects with anyone as a simple iDoc file when it is exported and this iDoc file can be run using the free iRise reader application and add comments.

Availability of the platform

The iRise platform is available as both SaaS or on-premises service. Teams from all around the world can collaborate in real-time on interactive prototypes. The teams can compare the prototypes against the requirements, share them securely, collect feedback, produce documentation and export the code to kick-start development all within the browser. Authors can use the drag-and-drop paradigm to layout scenarios screens, widgets, data interactions, business logic and behaviour.

Partnerships

In July 2015, the company partnered with Tasktop Inc to let iRise connect via tasktop sync connector  to leading ALM tools such as Atlassian JIRA, HP quality centre, IBM Rational, Microsoft TFS, Jama, Version one, ThoughtWorks Mingle and Blue print

What sets the tool apart?

Unlike other requirement management tools. iRise  Does not use text as its major form of communication. iRise will enable the user to create and manage text requirements and use user stories while learning a prototype of the functionality alongside it. It makes the project easier to create, manage, validate and ultimately be developed to build form.

These iRise features also set it apart from its counterparts

  • Its ability to both manage and validate requirements.
  •  Its ability to assemble interactive web and mobile prototypes in minutes.
  •  Its ability to switch prototypes from low fidelity to high fidelity.
  •  Ability to build fast using global asset libraries.
  •  Its versatility; actually means its ability to go mobile with libraries, touch events and on-service reviews
  • Its ability to capture requirements in context.
  • Its ability to drag and drop management requirements.
  • Instant documentation.
  • Its ability to seamlessly integrate slack and Skype into your workflow.

Advantages of iRise.

These advantages will be divided according to roles:

 The business analyst

  • The program helps the analysts with salary requirement definition by at least 50%.
  •  It helps the analyst reduce or even eliminate long hours of overtime struggling with a lot of documents.
  • It helps the analyst gain control over the definition process.
  • It helps the analyst make sure that all business needs are captured.
  • It helps the analysts get the credit they deserve.

IT teams

  • IT won’t have to constantly call designers for the asset they need or worry about their assets being out of date.
  • The prototype is always updated offering a single source of truth for the entire team to work from, allowing them to stay more In Sync with each other and waste less time searching.

Business in general

  • The program reduces rework by up to 75%
  •  The program improves designs and innovations.
  •  The program lowers project costs.

The whole team.

  •  It helps the team to understand if their vision will meet their customer’s needs.
  • It helps the team build the right product backlog, and groom and prioritize it correctly along the way.
  • It helps the team discover missing functionality that didn’t exist in their initial designs.
  • It gives developers a clear understanding of what to build and reduces the time they waste on failed concepts.
  • It helps the team design better software that their users love.

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