Prolaborate
Overview
Due to the overwhelming success of the Enterprise Architect modelling platform with over one million users, Sparx Systems developed the additional products Prolaborate and Pro Cloud Server in 2018. This makes the information collected in the models available to more and more people who do not do the modelling themselves.
Prolaborate has now been implemented in over 480 companies, including more than 90 Fortune 500 companies. This means that information can be used collaboratively by a wider audience to analyse and support decision-making. Model views from Enterprise Architect are often shared with a lot of internal teams (sales, support and development) and their customers.
Main Features of Prolaborate
Prolaborate is a web-based platform that facilitates collaboration, visualisation and communication of Enterprise Architect models. Prolaborate extends the capabilities of Enterprise Architect by providing a centralised repository for storing and sharing models and enabling stakeholders to access and interact with model content via a web browser.
Prolaborate improves the usability, accessibility and value of Enterprise Architect models by providing a collaborative and interactive platform for stakeholders to work with model content. Prolaborate promotes transparency, efficiency and alignment throughout the development lifecycle, contributing to the success of complex projects and initiatives.
Web-Based Access
Prolaborate provides web-based access to Enterprise Architect models. Stakeholders can view, review and comment on model content without having to access Enterprise Architect.
Interactive dashboards
Prolaborate offers customisable dashboards that allow users to create personalised views of model information, metrics and charts. Dashboards are customised to the specific needs of stakeholders to provide relevant insights and facilitate decision-making.
Collaboration and Feedback
Prolaborate supports collaboration between team members by allowing them to provide feedback, comments and annotations on model elements. This encourages active participation and facilitates communication in distributed teams.
Visualisation
Prolaborate offers various visualisation tools and techniques to present model content in a clear and understandable way. Users can create interactive diagrams, tables, graphs and reports to effectively communicate complex information.
Integration
Prolaborate integrates with other tools and platforms commonly used in the software development and systems engineering ecosystem (e.g. JIRA, Confluence, Microsoft Teams or Slack). This enables seamless data exchange and interoperability across different tools and environments.
Security and access control
Prolaborate provides robust security features to protect sensitive model information and ensure data integrity. It supports role-based access control, multi-factor authentication mechanisms, encryption and audit trails to protect against unauthorised access and data breaches.
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New Features of Prolaborate 6.0
AI Capabilities in Prolaborate
Prolaborate was among the very first platforms to demonstrate AI capabilities in enterprise architecture. Following extensive closed-group UAT testing with select enterprise customers, Prolaborate 6.0 natively integrates Kernaro AI directly into the core platform architecture.
This seamless integration was a deliberate engineering choice. By embedding Kernaro natively into Prolaborate, AI capabilities naturally enhance every level of the application, whether you are creating models, managing repositories, or publishing stakeholder views.
AI Edition Requirements: AI capabilities in Sparx Systems Prolaborate are inactive by default to ensure complete security and compliance.
To enable them, organisations require:
- A valid Sparx Systems Kernaro AI Hub licence (Team or Enterprise edition).
2. An active Kernaro service endpoint configured within Prolaborate.
3. An enterprise LLM connected via Kernaro AI.
Beyond AI, Prolaborate 6.0 introduces powerful new features designed to streamline workflows, cut through complexity, and drive immediate value:
Data Collection Made Simplified with Survey
Keeping architectural data up-to-date across a decentralised organisation is a primary friction point for EA teams. Manual data collection forces architects to act as data chasers, leading to stale repositories and inaccurate application rationalisation reviews.
Prolaborate 6.0 eliminates this administrative bottleneck with native In-App Surveys. Enterprise architects can now source updates directly from application owners, business capability leads, and technical SMEs. Sourced inputs are evaluated and seamlessly applied directly to live model elements.
- Create Surveys: Build targeted questionnaires to collect data from business and IT stakeholders.
- Apply to Model: Review, validate, and push survey responses directly into your Sparx EA repository.
- Respond to Surveys: Complete surveys with a frictionless in-app experience without direct model editing access.
Publish Surveys Faster with Survey Templates
When architecture teams are forced to build surveys from scratch, valuable momentum is lost. Prolaborate 6.0 introduces a built-in library of out-of-the-box Survey Templates pre-configured for core enterprise architecture initiatives:
- Application Rationalisation: Identify redundant systems, eliminate tech debt, and optimise licensing costs.
- Cloud Readiness Assessment: Evaluate application portfolios for cloud migration eligibility.
- Lifecycle Assessment: Track technology obsolescence schedules and support lifecycles.
Track Every Repository Change with Enhanced Audit History
As architecture practices mature, regulatory compliance and auditability transition from best practices to mandatory requirements. Prolaborate 6.0’s enhanced Audit History delivers total transparency across your repository. Enterprise teams can instantly perform audit reviews, verify changes, and answer critical compliance questions:
- Track exact property changes and timestamps across any artifact.
- Identify specific user identities responsible for model modifications.
- Monitor relationship and artifact creations over time.
Narrow Down Data with Multi-Condition Filters
Analysing massive datasets, such as global Enterprise Application Inventories, requires dynamic slicing capabilities directly on executive dashboards.
With Multi-Condition Filters, stakeholders can build complex, multi-layered logical filters directly at the dashboard level. Instantly isolate and extract targeted insights across multiple properties without creating dozens of redundant reports.
Say Goodbye to Repeated Column Selection with Layouts
Different stakeholders require different views. An audit team requires compliance metadata, whereas interface teams focus on integration endpoints.
Prolaborate 6.0 introduces Custom Report Layouts. Define, save, and share customised report column configurations for specific user groups. Effortlessly toggle between targeted views without reconfiguring column settings.
Trace Dependencies Instantly Using Analyzers
Evaluating upstream and downstream architectural impacts before implementing changes is crucial for preventing operational risk and managing change risk.
Prolaborate 6.0 features a completely redesigned Analyzer experience. Effortlessly visualise cascading impacts across Business, Application, Data, and Technology layers. Navigate directly to impacted objects, flag potential transformation risks through inline comments, and notify asset owners in real time.
Mitigate Uncertainties with Roadmap Dependencies
Strategic roadmaps must reveal the underlying technical dependencies that dictate project timelines. Previously, mapping complex lifecycle dependencies required specialised SQL query skills.
Prolaborate 6.0 introduces out-of-the-box Roadmap Dependencies. Effortlessly visualise complex architectural risks, application dependencies, and schedule bottlenecks through intuitive, zero-code UI configurations.
Role-based Confluence Publishing
Publishing live architecture models directly into Atlassian Confluence is one of Prolaborate’s most popular integration capabilities.
To support rigorous enterprise data security standards, the updated Prolaborate Confluence Macro now supports User-Context Access Control. Confluence dynamically renders models, diagrams, and dashboards based strictly on the logged-in user’s individual access permissions within Prolaborate.
More about Prolaborate
Find out more about the practical use and benefits of Prolaborate in the SparxSystems Europe customer reference.
