Tools
Each phase of the ADI methodology is underpinned by corresponding tools, techniques and platforms from the Asidua portfolio.
►Consultancy - In our experience Asidua's clients all have the common need to leverage their ICT architecture to support changes in end-to-end business processes. But knowing how best to achieve this across multiple platforms is a cause for concern for clients. Asidua is able to help define the problem space as an evolutionary roadmap for the ICT architecture. This is presented via our adi PLANNER tool, outlining any areas where the architecture requires enhancement, often by the realisation of an ADI solution.
►Model - In deciding to evolve an ICT architecture through the use of ADI, any organisation has effectively agreed to a level of change which can impact the majority of its applications and users. If such an undertaking is not managed effectively, the impact can be catastrophic. Asidua will utilise a range of tools and techniques brought together within our suite of adi DESIGNER tools. These ensure that the requirements and impacts of an ADI solution, are well understood, and documented, ensuring that organisational integrity is maintained.
►Validate - Verification is the area of solution delivery that is often at greatest risk when the pressure is on to meet business goals. We have focused our efforts to build a suite of automated test tools that allow near-100% test of ADI solutions before deployment. This minimises the amount of testing that must be done in-situ, allowing us to test the solution in isolation using our adi TESTER to simulate the behavior of a client's enterprise systems.
►Operate - Once a solution is built and deployed many integration vendors consider their job finished. Asidua recognises that the majority of pain in achieving ROI from an ADI project is making it work in a real-world environment: solutions are not perfect - they will break. The key is to be able to fix any problems as efficiently as possible. To this end Asidua provides a range of tools and techniques optimised to meet this need in the form of the adi CONSOLE.
►Build - To many of our competitors, building an integration solution is about writing bespoke code to handle data transformation and routing. Within Asidua, our deep understanding of a typical ADI problem has allowed us to evolve an approach based on the use of well-defined integration patterns. These will be chosen from our dedicated adi PATTERN LIBRARY.
