[Sigia-l] Open-source IA tool in the making

[Stewart Dean]

>From: "Eric Romanik" <eric at romanik.com>
>To: <sigia-l at asis.org>
>Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Open-source IA tool in the making
>Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:08:52 -0600
>
>I've been using iRise (a simulation/prototyping tool) for over 3 years -- 
>to
>a large degree it can and does eliminate the need for paper documentation.
>You can attach notes and requirements to the prototype, which can be viewed
>online or exported alongside the working prototype. But as a means of
>communicating requirements to a development team, the simulation itself is
>very effective, because it can be highly functional, high fidelity (if
>appropriate), and data-driven.

This is not an IA tool - it's a BA tool. The difference between what I do as 
an IA and what I see BAs do is what makes this program unusable to someone 
in my role. The experience diagraming abilities are severly limited (and are 
below the quality of what I could present) and the program only deals with 
one kind of experience, traditional online applications. It also runs slap 
bang into a brcik wall in terms of workflow by aiming to deliver simulation. 
This effectively means any solution sketched in this program would have to 
be rebuilt, from what I can see, using a mixture of very limited paper 
printouts and playing with a closed propietry output format.

In summary I see this as very limited in terms of use and I can see answers 
what a some corporate  BAs might need - it's miles away from what I was 
after on so many different levels.

Stewart Dean