Bizzdesign Horizzon

ALM Integration

Integrate artifacts across ALM phases such as requirements, analysis, design, development, and testing, either internally or through an API.

Application Rationalization

Produces recommendations of strategic directions or changes for applications based on data inputs, including; value, cost, risk, technical and business fit.

Visual Analysis and Design

Provides the ability to build (not import) various business or technical models that capture an application's alignment to business capabilities etc.

Risk Analysis

Provides the ability to capture, assess and score the risk (security, business continuity, etc.) of an application to influence strategic decision making

Total Cost of Ownership Analysis

Provides the ability to capture, assess and score the total cost of ownership of an application to influence strategic decision making.

Business Value Analysis

Provides the ability to capture, assess and score the organizational value of an application to influence strategic decision making.

Technical Health Assessment

"Provides the ability to capture, assess and score the technical health of an application to influence strategic decision making.

Analytics and Reporting

Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting & easy data extraction for data analysis.

Functional Overlap Assessment

Provides the ability compare similar functionality between applications across the portfolio to influence strategic decision making.

Inventory Control

Provides the ability to create inventories with a selection or customizable data fields to capture a variety of application attributes.

Ease of Data Integration

Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Business Value Created

Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration

This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Breadth of Features

Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Vendor Support

The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Customization

Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Implementation

Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Usability and Intuitiveness

End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Quality of Features

Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training

Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.