Designer Advantages/Limitations

ait_anounou · September 24, 2008, 4:29pm

Hi,

I’m working on a study that compares many of BPM solutions in the market (ALBPM, WM Designer, Tibco Studio …etc)

If you can tell me (basing on your experience with webMethods product)

1- what are the advantages of using WM Designer instead of other solutions
2- What are WM Designer Limitations ?

Thanks for your help

gupta_r.17495 · September 24, 2008, 7:47pm

Are you a research analyst or just for your sake doing this comparison??

If you are already into webMethods then you must use Modeler/ new Designer tool for creating BPMS/Workflow solutions etc…If yes,why do you want to think about other products Tibco/ALBPM??

HTH,
RMg

pleary.514420 · September 24, 2008, 9:12pm

Ait,

There are no quick answers to this one. I’ve used all three of the tools you list, and each of them has specific strengths and weaknesses, sure, but in many cases those strengths and weaknesses are related more to the product set that sits behind them than the tool itself. For example, some of the tools will support UML modeling or BPM simulation - others might not - but before you determine that to be a weakness, you need to assess whether the tool needs to offer that feature for the product set it supports.

You need to break you analysis down into much more granular comparison qualities. Investigate what matters to the product sets these tools are part of, and then see if the tool (or alternative tool) provides the best solution.