With iApproveIt, managers, administrators, peers or other approvers can give "instant" approvals or rejections that are embedded in the process and forcibly adhered to by users.

No longer do you have to have to wait for someone to approve some action with slow cumbersome email; no longer do you have to omit Managerial or peer-to-peer approval for actions because email is too slow. With iApproveIt, you can get instant Approval from one or many people. Get instant "approval and advice" from your manager while they're in a meeting, at lunch or on vacation (if your bold).

Someone wants to start the "build", which requires the "unanimous" approval of the "Release Engineers" for the department. They start the build script, which ask all "Release Engineers" for their approval. ==>

So in order for the build to start each of the "Release Engineers" must "approve" the request.

This means that each "Release Engineer" approved the action in real-time on their device on a screen like this:
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All "actions" you are involved in are organized and easy for you to access at a glance. ==>

When a permission request is sent to more than one users the associated action can only be performed if the required approval (for the action type) is given by the members of the project for the particular action. The action types are:

vote action type	"Voting" condition required for approval
any	approval from "any" one of the project members
first	approval from the "first" responder from the project members
majority	approval from a "majority" of the project members
unanimous	approval from "all" of the project members
objection	approved if "none" of the project members object

Administrators can also send a advice request to project members; these messages query the Project Members for "advice" that is pertanent to the Action being performed. The single "advice" message type is defined below:

advice action type	Performs this action
advice	informs "all" of the project members that this action has completed or is about to start and queries each Project Member for "advice". It returns the "advice" of the first responding Member before proceeding. It does not inhibit the invoking action.

Aditionally, administrators can also send a notify only message to project members; these messages serve only to notifiy group memebers that an action has taken completed or is about to be started. The notify only messages are:

notification only action type	Performs this action
tell	informs "all" of the project members that this action has completed or is about to start. It does not inhibit the invoking action.
gripe	informs "all" of the project members that this action has completed or is about to start. It "always inhibits the invoking action.

The iApproveIt product is NOT vendor specific, it can be used with any script or program or any program that uses or can use scripts, triggers or other definable actions for automation. ABS has used iApproveIt with a list of products to include but not limited to:

• IBM Rational ClearCase and ClearCase Multisite (or any SCM product that can make use of scripts or return codes)
• IBM Rational ClearQuest (or any Defect tracking product that can make use of scripts or return codes)
• IBM Rational Team Concert
• IBM Rational Build Forge (or any build automation tool like Maven, Cruise Control, AntHill, etc).
• IBM Rational Functional Tester
• IBM WebSphere MQ (previously known as "MQ Series")
• HP OpenView
• SAP
• MS Excel Spreadsheet automation
• MS Quickbooks
• CA Unicenter
• Vtiger, Siebel, SugarCRM, SalesForce.com (and other CRM Solutions)
• ClearTrigger, ClearReplica and ClearWeb by ABS
• ClearCheck by GoMidjets
• Windows "AT" jobs - MAC and UNIX "cron" jobs
• Other Workflow Automation Tools

You can download the iApproveIt Device app from iTunes . Download the iApproveIt Client from ABS for FREE.

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Insert real-time approval/notification in your company processes   Can be integrated into any application, program or program step Request "Approvel Request" from one or more people instantly and simultaniously   before programs are started before any program step Send "Notification Only" messages to one or more people instantly and simultaniously   before or after programs are started before or after any program step