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By visualizing requirements and design specifications, we take the guesswork—and risk—out of application development.

By visualizing requirements and design specifications you can see their impact immediately. We employ an iterative, prototype-driven methodology that integrates several project phases into a flexible process while fostering collaboration and innovation.

Application Definition and Design

Application Prototyping: We rapidly simulate your application to any level of fidelity and functionality, from wireframe to pixel-perfect rendering, static click-through to fully functional prototype. Over the course of a project, our prototypes naturally evolve to ever higher levels of fidelity, adapting to meet changing business needs and achieve project goals.

Requirements Definition: By augmenting traditional business analysis and written requirements with realistic simulations, we ensure that your requirements are correct, complete, and unambiguous.

User Experience (UX) and Information Architecture (IA): We take a user-centered design (UCD) approach to create an intuitive and compelling user experience, and help you define an IA that creates a recognizable 'navigation scent' for your users.

Interaction Design: Enterprise applications often involve complex user interactions. To avoid expensive rework and development delays, it is critical that interaction design is not overlooked during the application definition process. Our methodology enables complex interaction design through the entire development process.

Rich Internet Applications (RIA) Simulation: RIA functionality is becoming increasingly common in all types of web applications, but it is no silver bullet. By realistically simulating 'Web 2.0' behaviors, we can help you develop innovative solutions and evaluate their effectiveness and usability in your application.

Expert Reviews: Our experienced UX professionals review your application against usability principles and research to find tangible issues you can address immediately.

Usability Testing: Our high-fidelity simulations can be used as the object of usability testing early in the software development lifecycle (SDLC) process to validate the usefulness of your application. While our simulations have been successfully employed for formal usability lab tests, we often recommend informal and/or remote usability testing to involve end users in the design and definition process and improve the overall user experience

iRise Services

As an iRise Alliance Partner, we can help your organization successfully realize the benefits of rapid application simulation in a sustainable and cost-effective manner.

Implementation and Adoption Services: We can help you understand how using iRise will effect your organization, and work with you to develop an implementation plan and a simulation methodology that fits your unique corporate culture.

iRise Training: We have deep understanding of this tool and can mentor your team to effectively use it.

Shadow Mentoring: We lead your team though the definition and design process of a current project while mentoring them in iRise. This hands-on learning experience includes best practices and techniques that specifically address your business and industry.

iRise Staff Augmentation: We can provide advanced iRise consultants to work on site with your team and accelerate the simulation of your application.