COOLMaps are the first tool specifically designed to enable management and staff at all levels to fully understand and control the process environment which underlies their business.  We call this: True Process.   

The ability to capture and view True Process is the essential element for analyzing risk and for planning and managing change.  But, until COOLMaps, process maps have been designed by and for very narrow audiences.  Of course, process maps designed for BPM, TQM, Six Sigma and other metric based methodologies are important.  However, they suffer from serious limitations: they require substantial knowledge to create and the maps are often so complex and vertically focused that their important message can only be read, understood, interpreted, and utilized by few.

COOLMaps are unique and elegantly simple.  We designed them to be used by all audiences.  Using the most advanced technologies available, they display an unsurpassed multi-dimensional view of True Process. Feature rich and exceptionally easy to navigate, they set forth process, issues, identify risks and embed any type of attachment.  COOLMaps incorporate everything critical to successfully achieve change. And we have incorporated all of the most requested features: automated report production, issue log generation, advanced built-in communication, version and security controls….everything that today’s management teams require in a tool which provides complete analysis and instant visual understanding.

The result?  COOLMaps are the tool that works for everyone.  Senior management understands their overall vertical and horizontal business environment enabling them to identify enterprise wide reputation risks.  Project managers directly influence change as they can readily analyze and communicate what is required for even the most complex, multi-element initiative.  Project team members clearly understand the road ahead so tasks will be undertaken in a coordinated way.  Staff at all levels see the importance of their role and function within the organization and how the vision of change will affect what they do and how they do it.  Auditors and regulators are assured that management understands and controls their process environment. 

IMAG introduced COOLMaps in 2002 to assist our clients fully understand and utilize process based analysis in the context of our consulting solutions.  Today, it has become a cornerstone of our consulting practice.  Click here to see representative COOLMaps based engagements.

COOLMaps Software   Clients have requested a software version of COOLMaps so that they can use them as a self-directed management tool.  Other value added advisors such as consulting firms, law firms and accounting firms also want to use COOLMaps in their own practice areas.  COOLMaps Software Version 2.7 is available and can be used (and customized) for any industry or practice area.  

There are two ways to enjoy the benefits of COOLMaps: as part of IMAG’s consulting solutions and as stand-alone software.

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