Many Analytica
users start using Analytica because they hear the enthusiasm of current
users. Here are some of the things Analytica users say about it:
Ease
of learning and use
"It didn't
take me long to learn," David Gill, Aerospace Analyst, Boeing,
Seal Beach, CA.
"Analytica
is very easy to learn. ... Once the software has been learned, it
is delightful to use. The number of mouse-clicks and key strokes required
to produce desired results is minimal, yet the process to follow is
obvious." Tony Cox, Consultant, Cox & Associates, Boulder,
Colorado. More
"Analytica
has an exceptional tutorial, a very good user guide,
and developed the user's skill level to the point
where models could be developed immediately."
Robert Kenley, Consultant, Kenley Consulting, Indiana,
USA. More
"I
think that your software is fantastic!! Very easy
to use and not full of un-useful functions!"
Dr. Michele Tavernini , Accountant, Milan, Italy
"My
sincere congratulations for the development of a very
fine program. I really like it. It is very easy to
use when setting up models and especially in modifying
them." Robert E. Ball, PhD, Distinguished Professor
Emeritus, Naval Postgraduate School, California, USA
Model
clarity and
influence diagams
"We
found Analytica's influence diagrams were the most
natural tool to express our ideas about model structure."
Eric Pan, MD., Center for Information Technology Leadership,
Boston, Massachusetts, USA. More.
"What you're
looking to do is understand not only the numerical results, but the
relationships that generate the results" Chris LeTocq, Dataquest.
"After
experiencing a live demonstration of Analytica, the CEO of a multibillion
dollar polymer products company exclaimed, 'I never truly understood
the relationships between profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash
flow statements until now.'" Rich Sonnenblick, Ph. D., Enrich
Consulting, Campbell, California. More
Comparison
to
spreadsheets
"It
took me nine hours. When I demonstrated the Analytica
model, jaws dropped. The telephony engineers were
tearing out their hair because they said it took them
13 months to construct a similar model in Excel."
Robert Brown, Partner, Decision Strategies, Inc. Atlanta,
Georgia. More
"A
powerful forecasting and business-modeling package
does what spreadsheets never could." Inc Technology
Magazine. More
"Analytica makes an
excellent replacement for a spreadsheet since models can be constructed
directly from relationships without being constrained by the row and
column paradigm of a spreadsheet." David Neiger, Australian
Engineer magazine. More
"In a competitive environment,
you have to convince the CIO and CO that buying a product will have
high profitability. Analytica allows us to operate in a problem-solving
space that you wouldn't be able to handle in a spreadsheet."
Carl Podlesny, Scientific Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Intelligent
Arrays™
"Analytica
is like a multidimensional spreadsheet, only much
friendlier." Robert Brown, Partner, Decision
Strategies, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia, USA
"Going back to a spreadsheet
feels like going from FORTRAN back to assembly language." Peter
Coffee, in PC Week. More
"Development using other tools would have
been a lot slower and provided less capability.
The way Analytica handles multidimensional arrays
is a huge advantage over spreadsheets." "We
are so pleased with Analytica that we're recommending
it for several other major projects at Bechtel SAIC.",
Jim Nail, Project Leader, Bechtel SAIC, LLC, Nevada,
USA. More.
Uncertainty,
risk analysis
and Monte Carlo
"Within
its chosen domain -- uncertainty propagation through
influence diagram models -- Analytica® is by
far the easiest and best tool that we have seen. ...
Overall, the Monte-Carlo engine implementation appears
to be very efficient, allowing results to be calculated
quickly." Tony Cox, Cox Associates, Boulder,
CO. More
"We
also liked the way we could use probability distributions
to be explicit about uncertainties. It can flexibly
display simple point estimates or entire probability
density plots, according to the interest of the user."
Eric Pan, MD, Center for Information Technology Leadership,
Boston, MA, USA. More
"The
Last Word: If you have any professional responsibility
for decisions involving money, buy Analytica and learn
to use it. Once you understand Analytica modeling,
you'll see why common spreadsheet single-number
predictions in business are so often useless and
misleading." Charles Seiter, MacWorld. More
"Once
clients see the effects of uncertainty on payback
and profit illustrated graphically as Analytica models,
they become much less intimidated by the data, and
ultimately, more profitable decision makers."
Robert Brown, Partner, Decision Strategies, Inc. Atlanta,
Georgia, USA More
Decision
analysis
"Analytica
beats other decision analysis software packages we
have used hands down as a general purpose decision
modeling tool." Tony Cox. More
"Analytica
is one of the best examples of an analytical tool
with rich, visual modeling capabilities that is being
used to build a wide range of decision-centric analytic
applications" Henry Morris, IDC, Framingham,
Mass. More
"The
best single decision-analysis program yet produced."
Charles Seiter, MacWorld magazine. More
What
Users say about Analytica
What
is Analytica?