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iRise
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. It provides a cloud-based

requirements In product development and process optimization, a requirement is a singular documented physical or functional need that a particular design, product or process aims to satisfy. It is commonly used in a formal sense in engineering design, includi ...

definition and visualization platform for teams and businesses. iRise allows

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s, product managers,

business analyst A business analyst (BA) is a person who processes, interprets and documents business processes, products, services and software through analysis of data. The role of a business analyst is to ensure business efficiency increases through their know ...

s and other stakeholders to prototype new products, features, and enhancements without any code or scripting. iRise also supports creating interactive business process flows,

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, and other diagrams. Each screen, UI element, and diagram can be annotated with detailed requirements that can be exported into custom documentation.

History

Company was founded in 1996 by Maurice Martin under the name of Intrasolv Consulting. Co-Founder Emmet B. Keeffe III joined in 1998. Originally a technology consulting services firm focused on building

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-based applications for Fortune 1000 companies, the company changed its name to iRise in 2002. The company has secured $50 million in investment funding from investors, including

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and

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. iRise currently holds 4 U.S.

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on its simulation technology.

Product

iRise is a requirements definition and

software prototyping Software prototyping is the activity of creating prototypes of software applications, i.e., incomplete versions of the software program being developed. It is an activity that can occur in software development and is comparable to prototyping as ...

platform used to create simulations of business

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. It allows

s, product managers,

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s and

usability Usability can be described as the capacity of a system to provide a condition for its users to perform the tasks safely, effectively, and efficiently while enjoying the experience. In software engineering, usability is the degree to which a soft ...

professionals to assemble fully functional simulations of software solutions that mimic the exact look, feel, and behavior of the proposed final product. Business stakeholders, end users and development teams can interact with the simulation and conduct near-final

usability testing Usability testing is a technique used in user-centered interaction design to evaluate a product by testing it on users. This can be seen as an irreplaceable usability practice, since it gives direct input on how real users use the system. It is m ...

prior to the start of coding. The visual allows users to get the desired features, functionality, look and feel before development. Web applications,

commercial off-the-shelf Commercial off-the-shelf or commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) products are packaged or canned (ready-made) hardware or software, which are adapted aftermarket to the needs of the purchasing organization, rather than the commissioning of ...

systems like

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and

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, desktop systems, and mobile apps can be simulated. The iRise platform is available both as a

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or on-premises service. Teams from around the globe can collaborate in real-time on interactive prototypes, annotate them with requirements, securely share them, collect feedback, generate documentation, and export code to jumpstart development, all within the browser. Authors use a drag-and-drop paradigm to lay out scenarios, screens, widgets, data interactions, business logic and behavior. Masters and templates are supported that become reusable definition assets, and text requirements can be noted in context to the scenarios and screens of the simulation. Users can add additional fidelity with iRise Studio, the desktop companion application for adding complex behaviors, business logic, and data operations. iRise Studio, allows users to transform simple prototypes into realistic simulations that stakeholders can actually use and test, again without a line of code. Using the iBloc

Application Programming Interface An application programming interface (API) is a way for two or more computer programs to communicate with each other. It is a type of software interface, offering a service to other pieces of software. A document or standard that describes how t ...

(API), users can create their own custom UI elements and actions or import existing

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-based components available on the

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. Multiple simulation authors can work on the same project at the same time, and authors can publish a simulation for review by directing reviewers to a URL. Reviewers login to view and interact with simulations and provide feedback. Authors can also share their projects with anyone as a simple exported iDoc file. Using the fre
iRise Reader
app, stakeholders can run iRise projects and add comments. A July 201
partnership with Tasktop Inc.
lets iRise connect, via a Tasktop Sync connector, to leading ALM tools, including Atlassian JIRA, HP Quality Center, IBM Rational, Microsoft TFS, Jama, VersionOne, ThoughtWorks Mingle, and Blueprint.

References

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