thingamy: stuff to run your business

Thingamy is a Business Model Builder with instant delivery of Business Processes, Accounts and Reports.

→ One single system to run your business. Or parts of it.

→ No need for other enterprise software nor middleware.

→ Create, then better your Business Model and Processes.

→ No waterfall implementation, no method at all. Just do it.

→ Start with a small process, then add more processes later.

→ Perfect for the small, ad-hoc Barely Repeatable Process that's everywhere.

As Thingamy is a Business Model Builder you will be encouraged to rethink all aspects of your business, and it will allow you to change your ways.

The opportunity to change ways, increase value creation and be different from the competition is far more important than (the included) low IT costs and efficiency gains.

FRONT PAGE DISCLAIMER: This is no system for the timid or if you're looking for off-the-rack solutions. It requires hard work, creativity, rethinking of business models and a strong stomach, just like business should be. It can be frustrating. A system for the few.
But then you may beat the heck out of your competition. That's what the system is all about.

Demo videos:

April 10,2008: Building a generic problem solving system - instead of using e-mails, wikis and the telephone why not a proper flow that yields accountability and captures all data for later use as a problem-solution library?
This one is a simple generic one built from scratch and tested in 17 minutes.

March 24,2008: Hospital demo video - a simplified hospital running system, using the latest pre-beta 2.2.1 (build 574), a demo built in two hours.
It's about 22 minutes long.

Not a video: Manual as in the system. A definite work-in-progress, but may give the more detail-inclined some ideas.

March 24,2008: A quick chat on events versus objects - doodling a bit on being Object-driven (thingamy) versus Events/Transaction-driven (everybody else) and why it's the key to handling Barely Repeatable Processes.

March 24,2008: Another quick chat, this on accounting - discussing why relations, object driveness and data capture by objects allows for a chance to change accounting first time since 1494. And a huge jump in simplicity, real-time and depth to accounting.

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Trying it out:

We're not yet in a real public testing situation, but if you're not easily annoyed and do not mind scratching your head a lot wile looking like a question mark - please contact me and I'll give you a link for download.

We're limiting the testing a bit as I'd like to help if need be using Skype or phone.

It's currently built for Windows and OS X (Intel) and is approximately a 15 MB download.

Current build: 2.2.7

Using it:

Here are some suggestions as how to make good use of thingamy:

Framework some smaller process that currently is run using email, phones and perhaps a wiki. For example some internal/external support where it's hard to plan exactly what kind of help is required.
Use the power of "relations" to get a hard-to-control environment under control. Your network and it's components and apps say.
Let the IT department (or if you're a SI or consultant) use it to map out and prototype processes. Use to deliver workorders and reports if users are happy with as is, or use it as a template for other development or planning.
"Sell-in tool" for System Integrators, IT Consultants and Management Consultants. Hear a "user story" or "problem" over lunch, build a draft solution process in a couple of hours, pop back, let customer click and play. That usually beats a "white paper" or a "Visio" flow sheet!
Use it as a management simulation tool mapping out and testing new "business models".
Contact me with a specific user-story / need and I'll see what I can draft on the fly!

Thingamy will be free for the kind of uses like the ones described above! A low cost per month and seat license fee only kicks in with daily operational use.

While you wait, join the discussion at the blog where our ideas are batted around:

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