Ariel's Methodology

Ariel uses a very detailed methodology to create innovative solutions to today's business problems.

Proven Methods

Business Performance Modeling™ - A systematic investigation technique that identifies barriers to performance, prioritizes them, and helps strategize solutions and recommend interventions to improve performance.

Performance Support Mapping™ - Detailed analysis of business tasks and activities that describe the work to be performed, the knowledge, information and tools needed to support the performance of the work, and the roadblocks or barriers that inhibit the desired performance.

Performance-Centered Design - Rapid prototyping and software design activities that use collaboration with actual performers resulting in robust interfaces that generate desired business outcomes via direct support for performers.

Increasing Your Competitive Advantage

Using performance-centered design methodologies means you approach software design from a different perspective. Where traditional thinking says you need to fill peoples' heads full of knowledge before you send them off to work, performance-centered design says much of that knowledge does not need to be learned. Rather, it should be supported and provided at the moment of need, extending workers' capabilities and increasing your competitive advantage

How do we do this? In the process of designing high impact systems, we leverage and develop your resources to help your people internalize the principles of performance-centered design.

We help IT people focus on the user's perspective and knowledge rather than information and data.
We help training people focus on supporting an individual's performance rather than training.
We help business managers focus on business performance rather than system requirements.
We help companies focus on their long-term capabilities rather than the short-term limitations.

These principles allow us to help organizations identify their roadblocks and achieve optimal performance. Maybe the flow of the existing system is too rigid and the individuals can't get to the information they need when they need it or they just don't know where to go next. We gather this information during our analysis and use it throughout our development process.

In the end, our innovative technology solutions result in business applications that just make sense. They create the consistent performance you need to achieve your business goals. And when you're focused on your business goals, you're increasing your competitive advantage.