Product Benefits by Audience

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There are three main audiences that can benefit from using EA/Studio in their day-to-day business world:

Business Process Modelers/Analysts	EA/Studio provides a rich process modeling semantic based on the Object Management Group’s Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN). In addition, modelers and analysts can link their business process models with related business information such as business rules, stewardship, and data to generate impact analysis and usage (CRUD) reports.
Data Modelers	EA/Studio’s Conceptual modeling allows Data Modelers to create a high-level design of the core business concepts to gain acceptance and requirements from the business. These high-level Conceptual models can be forward engineered to create detailed Logical Data Models in ER/Studio. EA/Studio also allows data modelers to relate data objects to business process information, and create Usage (CRUD) and impact analysis reports. In addition to process-specific information, data can also be related to business information such as business rules, stewardship, and business units.
Business Users	Conceptual Modeling allows Business Users to create high-level designs of the core “concepts” and subject areas that drive the business, which can be passed onto data and process modelers to drive more detailed logical and physical design. EA/Studio also provides intuitive reporting and export capabilities to provide relevant information to business users in an easy-to-understand format. Intuitive impact analysis diagrams and reports allow business users to get an understanding of the relationship between business information and key IT assets such as data, without having to be a modeling or programming expert. Information can be shared with business users in formats they are familiar with: Excel spreadsheets, HTML reports, PDF files, etc.