Benefits

Why do people and organizations make investments in application platforms, development processes and modeling tools? In the end, they are all, of course, searching for a way to make their system development more efficient. While a modern process, tool-set, and application platform can be instrumental in achieving this, it just doesn't come automatically when you sign the check for these products. Many organizations find that it takes a lot of discipline, commitment and persistence to reap the anticipated benefits. Far too many organizations go astray and never get there, resulting in many organizations claiming to use the UML and a modern process while in reality much of their investments in tools and process have become shelf-ware. Moreover, investments in training become "intellectual shelf-ware" when you resort to ad-hoc solutions. It is, of course, a problem in itself to spend money on something that is not put to use. What is even more serious, you will never get the benefits that you were hoping for. Our experience shows that it is just too hard to make it all come together. To reach the sought-after benefits, it is important that:

• Everyone has a good and shared understanding of the technologies in question
• A shared design-style is used
• You use the process in the right way, not too heavyweight, not too lightweight
• Everyone uses the platform in an agreed and consistent fashion
• You keep it this way over time, when the initial enthusiasm for adopting new technologies has faded

With WayPointer, you get the piece that makes the puzzle complete, understandable and cohesive. This comes at a fraction of the cost that most organizations spend on training and mentoring without getting the results they were hoping to achieve.
For the experienced user WayPointer is a power tool for quick and accurate system development. For the less experienced WayPointer acts as a mentor providing just-in-time on-the-job training.