To complement the strategic insights provided by the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant™, the 2024 Critical Capabilities for Enterprise Architecture Tools report offers a detailed assessment of 16 enterprise architecture platforms, to guide organizations in making informed decisions.
Avolution’s ABACUS was ranked first in all five Use Cases in the 2024 Gartner’s® Critical Capabilities for Enterprise Architecture Tools. The Use Cases are:
- Enterprise Transformation & Portfolio Management (4.34/5)
- Advanced Roadmapping (4.33/5)
- Solution Architecture Design & Delivery (4.24/5)
- Enterprise Architecture Governance (4.31/5)
- Innovation & Sustainability (4.29/5)
Avolution’s Dr Tim O’Neill said: “In our opinion, Avolution’s scores in the Critical Capabilities assessment reinforces the fact that teams can use ABACUS to bring together technology and business content which tells powerful data stories.
“They can use visualizations such as capability maps, process diagrams, roadmaps, risk matrices, and cloud architecture or infrastructure diagrams to create customized dashboards. One-click filtering, data-driven metrics and AI/ML features are also available in ABACUS and are a great way to make informed decisions and deliver value quickly.”
ABACUS continues to provide best-in-class architecture diagramming and a range of other features which supports core architecture deliverables. It also offers straightforward forms, catalogs and robust permissions and governance to streamline portfolio management:
- Architecture Diagrams: build freeform canvas-and-stencil diagrams including business process models, capability maps and graph views
- Data-Driven Roadmaps: map out technology timelines and business objectives; automate analysis eg. cost trends, security scores, technical debt reduction
- Tailored Communication and Collaboration: design dashboards to report on business capabilities, technology lifecycles, processes, metrics and more. Teams can use browser-editable lists, tables and diagrams to keep content up-to-date easily.
Avolution has also been recognized by Gartner as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools 2024 for its ABACUS platform, for the 8th year in a row.
ABACUS is delivered as a fully hosted SaaS solution, on-premises or as a hybrid cloud offering.
What is the Gartner Critical Capabilities for Enterprise Architecture Tools?
Gartner recommends companies “Review the Critical Capabilities and the companion Magic Quadrant note together to gain a holistic view of the vendors in a market and the positioning of providers’ product and service offerings.”
Gartner explains: “A Critical Capabilities document is a comparative analysis that scores competing products or services against a set of critical differentiators identified by Gartner. It shows you which products or services are a best fit in various use cases to provide you actionable advice on which products/services you should add to your vendor shortlists for further evaluation.
Critical Capabilities help architects:
- Gain deeper insights into vendor product and service offerings
- Understand which products and services are a best fit for common usage scenarios
- Conduct strategic planning and develop your RFP with the input of a comparative analysis of key software, technology or service offerings”*
About Enterprise Architecture Tools
The Gartner report notes that “Between October 2023 and October 2024, interest in EA tools continued to remain high, with related client inquiries increasing by 9.5%, compared with the previous year. Clients, whether new or experienced, recognize EA tools as vital for achieving their organizations’ strategic and operational goals.
“EA tools span many architectural and IT disciplines, including solutions, information, security, applications and infrastructure. They also support an increasingly wide range of business and non-IT stakeholders across strategic and operational roles. With a single integrated repository, EA tools simplify decision making by helping users perpetuate cohesive technology, process and business choices across the organization. EA tools also help the organization make better decisions, deliver more effective change and transform itself in tandem with organizational priorities. The tools enable both EA and the entire organization to take a wider perspective, beyond the siloed needs of an individual function or business area.”
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*Gartner Research Methodologies, Gartner Critical Capabilities, November 27, 2024. https://www.gartner.com.au/en/methodologies/research-methodologies-gartner-critical-capabilities
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