Why ABACUS?
Leadership
& Innovation
Best-in-Class Modeling & Analysis
Powerful
Collaboration
Secure, Cloud-Based Technology
ABACUS FEATURES:
Map Your Route to Cost Savings & Growth
Discover why 1000s of professionals globally choose ABACUS
Leading Enterprise Architecture Tools for Modeling & Roadmapping
“Diagrams & Roadmaps Automatically Stay Up-To-Date, This Saves So Much Time”
- Connect data and diagrams in one place, keeping everything consistent and accurate
- Easily build and edit application & technology architectures, process models, etc. with canvas-and-stencil diagramming
- Build architecture roadmaps: Use Gantt Charts and heatmaps to set timelines for projects, technologies, risk management and more
- Map out current and future state architecture scenarios
- Use industry standards and frameworks to get going quickly
Use Business Capabilities to Manage Change
“We Use Capability Maps to Prioritize Projects Which Deliver Wins For Our Teams.”
- Import and integrate data on business unit functions and goals
- Map business capabilities to Applications, Process, Technologies and other components
- Analyze dependencies and identify where redundancies and gaps exist
- Get started quickly with business capability standards and frameworks including TOGAF, BizBok and PCF (all available in ABACUS)
Save Time and Lighten Workloads
“People Can Be Responsible For Their Own Data. The Whole Enterprise Can Have Visibility of Our Architecture”
- Set up dashboards to tell data stories using business-friendly visualizations
- Offer quick KPIs in a simple view, users can drill down into detail as needed
- Manage access and editing rights efficiently with permissions
- Allow data owners to update their own data with editable tables and diagrams
- Continue to evolve and improve dashboards based on feedback
“The Value Is In Being Able to Wire Our Data Together Using Integrations”
Create a single source of truth, pulling in your chosen master data
Integrate from SharePoint, Excel, Visio, ServiceNow, CRMs, CMDBs, and exchange data via ABACUS’ readable and writeable REST API.
Automate Architecture Calculations
“Data-Driven Architecture is Where Our EA Team Shines”
- Automate cost roll-ups, business fit, technical fit and security scores
- Track trends in metrics (eg. performance improvement, cost increases)
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Compare metrics for future state architecture options, for effective scenario analysis
- Set up calculations using prebuilt or no-code algorithms
- Use Machine Learning to speed data management and analysis
Accessible Architecture Diagrams & Data
“Business Users Don’t Even Need to Know They’re Using Enterprise Architecture Tools”
- Share dashboards with editable diagrams, process models and data catalogs with links or embed in workplace social software
- Streamlined authentication and login with single sign-on (SSO) and AD integrations
- Control data with fine-grained permissions and access controls
Connect People to Key Data Using Dynamic Visualizations
“Graph View is Pretty Cool!”
- Select standard icons (eg AWS) or business symbols which are familiar to your audience
- Navigate through your enterprise graph, enjoy interactive graph database visualizations
- Drill down into connections between systems, applications and technology
- Quick impact and dependency analysis with visual filtering
“Customizing Our Enterprise Architecture Tool Makes Our Work Easier”
Select from prebuilt standards and templates, then adapt to them to your business requirements
Configure the structure of your ABACUS repository and metamodel, in minutes. Customize data fields, symbols and icons, design dashboards and automate analytics so they suit your teams.