With over 15 million Visio users in 38 languages, Visio is becoming even more widely accepted as a process modeling tool. With tight integration within Visio’s toolbar, analystView 3.0 gives business analysts and process owners an easy, intuitive way to compare modeled process scenarios and analyze the impact, enabling organizations to better optimize investment choices.
“Today there is a premium on having processes that are linked to performance measures,” said Jim Sinur, Gartner Research VP. “Simulation and optimization help organizations get there with a sense of assurance. Consequently, I am seeing an upsurge in the use of simulation.”
“The Global 360 solution allows business analysts to iteratively fine-tune process models while improving a business process. By extending the powerful features of Microsoft Visio 2010, the user has the capability to perform multiple “what-ifs” to optimize the process for highest return on investment and lowest total cost of ownership,” said Chris Crane, Director, Visio, Microsoft Corp.