As far as the Raven tool, I have personally noticed an improvement in my ability to write use cases as a result of using the tool. For example, I am better able to write sentences in the active voice and to clearly define the actor function and object of the sentence. Although this might sound simple, it was the tool's ability to translate my words into an activity diagram that has helped me to visualize the use case and make the necessary corrections. I have come to depend on Raven as I write my use cases.

RAVEN Product Overview

RAVEN brings a lighter, more agile approach to solving the requirements challenge. As business leaders demand more accountability and higher quality applications that meet their core objectives, they are turning to solutions that will reduce their cost of development, bring their products to market faster, and make them more competitive. RAVEN empowers business analysts and other users to visually define processes, use cases and their associated requirements, making it easier to engage the team and collaborate on a successful, on-time and on-budget project.

If you want to change the way you look at requirements, RAVEN is the right solution for you. It has a unique ability to analyze process or use case text and automatically identify logical errors and ambiguities that can lead to flawed requirements. RAVEN also enables instant visualization of the text as business-friendly diagrams that can dramatically improve requirements elicitation, specification and validation with project stakeholders. And RAVEN is also designed to work the way you do, making it ideal for companies embracing agile methodologies as well those who follow more rigorous application development practices.

Product Components

Ravenflow provides an end-to-end solution for business analysis and requirements definition, including a suite of client tools and collaboration services built around the core RAVEN Language Engine.



RAVEN Client Software
Ravenflow's award-winning client software is available in two versions:

  • RAVEN Express: A Microsoft Office add-in product where the power of RAVEN is used to transform Microsoft Word into a rich requirements analysis and visualization tool.
  • RAVEN Professional: A robust Windows-based business process analysis and requirements definition environment that runs standalone or connected to the RAVEN Collaboration Space.

RAVEN Language Engine
Ravenflow’s patented natural language technology that analyzes, verifies and generates visual diagrams from process and use case narratives.

RAVEN Collaboration Space
Collaboration portal based upon Microsoft SharePoint accessible from RAVEN Professional and the Web Access client that enables project sharing, group editing and requirements review and sign-off.

RAVEN Publishing & Export
RAVEN automatically generates requirements specifications to Microsoft Word and also enables publishing of process diagrams to Microsoft Visio and a variety of UML modeling tools. In addition, RAVEN supports file-based export to leading Requirements Management platforms, including IBM Rational RequisitePro, IBM Rational DOORS, Microsoft Visual Studio Team System and HP Quality Center.

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