#1 most frequent
United States of America
33.3%33 installations of 99
What is Avolution ABACUS?
ABACUS, from Australian software company Avolution, is an enterprise architecture modeling tool.
Categories & Use Cases
Who Buys & Uses Avolution ABACUS
#2 most frequent
Spain
11.1%11 installations of 99
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
9.1%9 installations of 99
Enterprise Architect Tools - Why I choose Abacus.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Currently use Avolution Abacus as an Enterprise Architecture knowledge base to store Enterprise relevant information to perform analytics to support decision making, risk impact analysis opportunity analysis and accelerate corporate strategy execution.
Pros
- Modelling the Enterprise through the creation of catalogues and matrices of Enterprise information
- Creation of views to supports strategy execution and decision making
- Central storage of Enterprise information
- Management of a agreed meta model
Cons
- Pre-defined views for foundational EA opportunities
Most Important Features
- Storage of Enterprise relevant information
- Import/export functionality for automation activities
- Creation of catalogue, matrices, views
- Management of the metamodel
Return on Investment
- Positive - time to value for EA activities
- Positive - robust decision making
Alternatives Considered
ARIS, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Excel and LeanIX Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM)
Other Software Used
ARIS, LeanIX Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM), Microsoft 365
ABACUS is a flexible & enterprise grade modelling tool that supports strategic and operational initiatives really well
Pros
- Customisable meta-model that allows you to focus on areas of interest, cut out the clutter, and grow organically as requirements arise.
- Integration to third party products such as SharePoint, and export/import with Excel feature makes getting information in and out really easy.
- Reporting and analytics, and impact analysis are simple using the built-in features as well as ABACUS intelligence and/or integration to third party analytics tools.
Cons
- More standard connectors for integration with other modeling tools could be beneficial for companies having legacy tools/fragmented toolsets.
- Better automated diagramming features would be useful.
Return on Investment
- Enabled rationalization of IT portfolio to save costs
- Supporting of strategic planning of EA and IT initiatives
Alternatives Considered
ARIS Business Process Management (BPM) and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect