Pro-Map
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"Best application for product: Process analysis which combines a diagram with associated data in one visual representation.
"Pro-Map provides a different approach to process mapping; rather than start with a drawing metaphor, the product uses a spreadsheet metaphor. The user enters the activities, inputs, outputs, the doers (i.e., resources) and associated data such as cost, cycle times, wait times. The user can also enter user-defined metrics. Pro-Map automatically draws a flowchart complete with summarized totals of all the data elements. The chart is organized by source types or functional departments, including columns for supplies and customers across the top; the elapsed time in days appears as a cumulative number to the left of the flowchart. Finally, the inputs and outputs are also represented by symbols, in columns on either side of the flowchart. The result is an easy-to-read and understand visual picture of the process...
"Real power comes in the capability to export to Microsoft Project or an ASCII file for further analysis in other products, such as a spreadsheet. "Pro-Map is very easy to learn, and is great at capturing & displaying process data-all in one, well organized chart. For BPR [business process reengineering] practitioners that have already collected the data, understand the process, Pro-Map is an excellent tool for organizing the process data into a flowchart with summarized totals.
"For those that don't want to worry about drawing, and are evaluating business processes, this is a product to look at."
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