Will AI-enabled ARIS redefine the role of a BP analyst?

Business process analysts, at least not the good ones, do not yet need to be worried about the launch by Software AG of an AI-enabled release of ARIS, its business process management (BPM) and process mining suite, an analyst said Wednesday.

The new version, ARIS 10 SR27, available now, includes AI Companion, which a release stated contains capabilities such as the ability for users to query information stored in models within the ARIS repository without the need for an exact match on keywords, and can translate text-based descriptions into structured BPM models.

In addition, Software AG said Companion will allow users to generate code and create KPIs without needing coding expertise, as well as let them receive what it described as actionable insights from the data within ARIS, simply by prompting it to, for example, display detailed descriptions of variances from established processes. “This allows a quick and easy analysis not just of data, but of real-life practices within the organization,” the company said.