ADONIS-CE is a good platform and I have talked with staff before.
ADONIS asked me for feedback on their product, which sits well with the reviews I am doing at the moment….
PROBLEMS
The BPMN notation is a bit crippled
The generated website lacks many of the connections I make in the modeller, which is really disappointing.
the object model that relates some of the entities is a bit constrained
occasional unresponsiveness
some diagrams don't allow me to arrange links which can be very frustrating
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My Ratings
Holistic Modelling Ability
80%
BPMN 2.0 Notation
60%
Reporting
50%
Overall Usefulness
75%
Please bear in mind this is ot by any means an exhaustive review. Your impressions may vary from mine according to mindset, expectations and exposure. Please evaluate ADONIS-CE for yourself.
SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS
Full BPMN 2.0 notation
make the generated website show ALL the relationships (eg. problems to role or process artefact)
review your meta-model
review the meta-model against new platforms like ValueBlue and Trisotech to try and be a bit more holistic
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The full product is expensive and competition is looming.
Despite really liking ADONIS-CE, I have not used the full commercial product due to pricing. I think ADONIS needs to reconsider market positioning and perhaps go for SMEs rather than just large businesses as awareness and tool availability is changing this landscape.