As Sparx Systems‘ Enterprise Architect modelling platform became more widely used, the challenge arose of wanting to make the information collected in the models available to more and more people who were not familiar with Enterprise Architect. This is how the Sparx Systems Product Suite with Enterprise Architect (modelling), Pro Cloud Server (integration) and Prolaborate (collaboration) was born. Today, more than 250 companies from 44 industries in 31 countries use Prolaborate to collaboratively share architectural information with a wider audience for analysis and decision support. Model views from Enterprise Architect are often shared with a variety of internal teams (sales, support and development) and their customers. As part of the collaboration, model changes can thus be discussed and the results easily reviewed.

Peter Lieber, founder and owner of Sparx Services CE, comments: "In our daily practice, we see that model-based ways of working are becoming more and more widespread due to the growing complexity in many industries. At the same time, it is becoming increasingly important to connect the model content with different technical platforms and to provide all interested stakeholders with the information that is relevant to them quickly and graphically well prepared. This is where the Sparx Systems Product Suite provides excellent services, which are constantly being expanded with each new release."

Prolaborate 4.0: The full power of Enterprise Architect becomes visible

New versions are currently available for all three products in the Sparx Systems Product Suite. Prolaborate 4.0 is primarily about preparing more and more aspects from the models for collaboration and being able to use them easily. For example, the new version offers, among other things, a fresh user interface, diverse discussion and review options, meaningful visualisation and "what-if" analyses. The highlights:

• Seamless and intuitive thanks to a consistent user experience
• Scalable and secure for any level of organisation
• Easier and faster with advanced functionalities
• Powerful even with larger models
• Cloud-ready, supports different platforms
• Integration of Confluence and Teams

Six different scenarios for the use of Prolaborate

In order to clearly demonstrate the practical benefits of Prolaborate, the Sparx Services CE team developed six different deployment scenarios:

• The transparent organisation: creating transparency – simplifying architecture
• The measured organisation: recognising potential – visualising business capabilities and business services live in the company cockpit
• The agile organisation: using agility – integration and automation
• The validated organisation: Reducing Complexity – Validation in Enterprise Architect for Agile Modelling and Accurate Representation
• The workable organisation: achieving goals – sample solutions and their cost-efficient prototype
• The sustainable organisation: Developing Sustainability – The Enterprise Anchor "Sustainable Enterprise Architecture" (SEA)

Tasks and benefits were defined for these six deployment scenarios, a suitable method was selected for each and a clear project process was established with support from Sparx Services CE. "With our offer, we address current challenges faced by companies and describe a clear implementation process. With the Sparx Systems Product Suite and our know-how, we ensure that companies can realise their chosen goals quickly and without unnecessary detours. We look forward to making the upcoming transformations a reality together with our customers," Lieber underlines the clear goals of the new offer.

You can find more information here: https://www.sparxservices.eu/en/readyforagile/

Watch the recording of Peter Lieber’s webinar (only available in German) on Prolaborate 4.0: https://youtu.be/pmOnN4PM9Xc