{"id":3420,"date":"2016-07-05T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/?p=3420"},"modified":"2022-04-08T09:31:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T14:31:26","slug":"best-enterprise-architecture-landscape-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/best-enterprise-architecture-landscape-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can I Offer the Best Picture of Our EA Landscape?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As solution marketing manager for Troux, I get to interact with a dynamic team of people \u2013 customers, prospects, our sales team and our product managers. I\u2019ve had the privilege of working with product manager Dominique Trimino for quite some time now. She started with Troux 10 years ago as part of our documentation team and she knows the entire range of features Troux provides.<\/p>\n

I recently sat down with Dominique to discuss some of the new features in Troux 12, particularly the visualization enhancements. Visualizations are important because they provide a picture of the data, underlying technology and interconnections within your enterprise architecture<\/a> environment. In turn, visualizations help you make informed, important business decisions. Troux has some of the best visualization tools available, and with the release of Troux 12, we\u2019ve made them even better, based on customer input.<\/p>\n

So Dominique, in a nutshell, what visualization enhancements can be found in Troux 12?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dominique Trimino: \u201cWell, in short, we\u2019ve made the product smarter and easier to use. It\u2019s smarter because it now remembers settings between sessions. And our visualizations are more user-friendly. We\u2019ve included pop-up tooltips and extended the details pane throughout to help guide our users\u2019 experience. With the hierarchy maps, we\u2019ve included more markers to make data easier to see and explain. Now timelines can be used in more ways than before.\u201d<\/p>\n

What led to these enhancements?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen many customers request similar things, we see it as an opportunity to add to our roadmap. With Troux 12, we adopted Planview\u2019s Inner Circle joint development program<\/a>, which was a terrific way to directly interact with our customers and involve them as we develop an enhancement. Recently, the most common request we received was about extending analysis beyond the core EA team. That is why you see enhancements around persistence, visualizations and tooltip support in this release.\u201d<\/p>\n

How are timelines different from previous versions?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cPrior to Troux 12, timelines only showed lifecycle information. Version 12 now supports date properties so components \u2013 like projects that capture planned start and finish dates \u2013 can be seen in a time-based view. In addition, users can choose colors to visualize additional attributes or highlight impact, scope or risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Troux<\/p>\n

You touched upon the hierarchy map earlier, and it\u2019s an important visualization for our customers. What are they used for, and why are they useful?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cVisualizations, like the hierarchy map, play an important role in bringing together highly complex and interconnected information. EAs are aligning tangible technology details with business concepts, like capabilities and strategies. And hierarchy maps help make sense of that data. They\u2019re a communication bridge between different business stakeholders, promoting transparency and stakeholder engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Can you give me an example?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSure. You can use the hierarchy map to visualize your business capabilities and identify all of the applications needed to support them, now and in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

What benefits can customers expect from having more markers on the hierarchy maps?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMore information is summarized in one view. And you can compare and contrast information in more ways. For example, a hierarchy map could always show risk and cost information side-by-side, but now, you can overlay more information \u2013 such as importance or status \u2013 to provide additional context for decision-making.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those are some great improvements. We\u2019ve made changes to the interactive details pane too. How will this add value to our customers\u2019 experience?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCustomers will be able to get more detail on an application or technology in just one click. For example, if your visualization identifies application complexity, you can see the list of underlying or associated technologies \u2013 in one click, on the same page.\u201d<\/p>\n

I noticed that read-only viewers can now sort data table views in Troux Insight. How did that come about?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cEnhancement requests help me understand how our customers use our product and what they\u2019re seeking. There\u2019s been a recent trend among customers to allow more business users to access data by sharing Troux Insight perspectives. Troux Insight has supported read-only viewers for a while now, but because of customer feedback, we\u2019ve expanded what they can do within a perspective. Now, read-only viewers can sort columns to rank items by a number of different criteria, like cost, importance or upcoming dates.\u201d<\/p>\n

When it comes to accurately envisioning your current and future EA environment, the answer is 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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