Different IT organizations have different tools, standards, and approaches, and Pegasystems offers flexibility and choice in coming up with the right approach. Developers can choose SmartBPM®'s native development tools using a Web-browser development portal, which lets them browse objects and explore and create applications, as well as edit all object types (classes, properties, flows, policy rules, integration, HTML/JSP, etc.) — while integrating with other client tools.

You can import Visio flows and stencils, edit business rules in Excel, and use other development tools. For example:

• Pegasystems supports traditional development tools such as form editors, HTML editors, Eclipse, and modeling tools.
• You can edit HTML or JSP interfaces or Java programs using your favorite editing tools within a Pegasystems project.
• Pegasystems can import XML, Java, or EJB components that are generated from development tools.
• You can export process definitions in XML to other external tools.