Streamlining complex business processes has long been our expertise, and increasingly there has been a real requirement to provide technology that manages, presents and fine-tunes complex business arguments.

A development alliance has enabled us to develop GSNCaseMaker, a highly innovative and robust, software solution that meets these customers’ needs. It enables logical compliance arguments to be developed, which reduces companies risks, improves their communication flow and can provide mechanisms for clear and demonstrable compliance of regulation.

GSNCaseMaker can be easily applied to a multitude of business applications across a wide range of industries including defence, rail, utilities, finance and the legal profession.

• saves management time – reduces unnecessary time wasted on tracking information and arguments
• streamlines processes – simplifies complex business arguments into manageable and easily understood form
• versatile - easily deployed to meet organisations needs
• immediate and useful management information – presents information and data in logical and easily maintained form
• safe investment – robust, tried and tested technology
• reduces total cost of ownership – reduction in wasted management time enables improved use of existing resources
• high visibility – succinct and logical arguments readily available to all parties involved

GSNCaseMaker is able to import and export data in an XML file that complies with the GSML Document Type Definition (DTD) data format.

Other key features include:

• high-quality graphical output
• full GSN functionality including modularity
• standard 'drag-and-drop' facilities
• drop down menus for ease of use
• user definable fields capable of providing additional interface and management functions
• powerful printing capabilities
• diagrams and data easily incorporated into other Microsoft products

Goal Structuring Notation (GSN) technology is an industry proven methodology pioneered by the University of York, that provides clear methods for presenting and validating, complex arguments in a structured and easily understood form. GSN provides a high level of rigour by ensuring all ambiguity is removed.

GSN architecture enables arguments to be clearly and logically set out including their objectives, context and strategy. GSN also enables descriptions of the claims made, in support of the argument and the underlying sources of evidence.

Initially developed for risk management solutions, GSN is ideally suited for businesses that require clearly stated arguments, supported throughout their whole lifecycle, that have to be understood by people from a diverse range of backgrounds.

Requirements

• Microsoft Visio 2002+
• Internet Explorer 6.0+ or Microsoft XML 3.0+