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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Planview Viz

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/ATasktop Viz is a value stream analytics software from Tasktop.N/A

    Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect

    Score5.9 out of 10
    N/AEnterprise Architect is the flagship architecture management platform from global, Australian-headquartered company Sparx Systems.

    $229

    per license

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    Planview VizSparx Systems Enterprise Architect
    Editions & Modules
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    Professional
    $229
    per license
    Corporate
    $299
    per license
    Unified
    $499
    per license
    Ultimate
    $699
    per license
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Planview VizSparx Systems Enterprise Architect
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Planview VizSparx Systems Enterprise Architect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.8
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Planview VizSparx Systems Enterprise Architect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Planview
    It is ideal for value stream mapping in:- - Software development ie agile and devops, and CI/CD pipelines - Portfolio management - Process improvement and workflow automation - scaling agile - creating alignment with business objectives and IT goals It is less appropriate for:- - Technical analysis and product design
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    Sparx Systems
    Enterprise Architect can be used to capture business requirements, design and management of all successive models, algorithms, process flows/workflows, design of business data objects and other artifacts. The strong point is the ability to link the items in all models with each other, the more time the analysts and designers "invest" into making nice and clearly defined models, the higher the future pay-off by any successive changes to the systems. Enterprise Architect is not a good tool for capturing rather unstructured business requirements, use e.g. Confluence or other solutions instead. EA should comprise the extracted models with very little unstructured information. Management of the changes process should not be done in Enterprise Architect, rather use JIRA/Confluence or similar.
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    Pros
    Planview
    • Visualize via charts and graphs
    • Ignore story points
    • Allow a great detail of customization
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    Sparx Systems
    • Open Architecture - A wide and extensive set of options, plug-ins and customization options make Sparx EA more of a tool kit than just a tool. Most tools allow customization but Sparx EA is built from the ground up with this in mind.
    • Wide variety of formats, lexicons, standards and data import export capabilities allow different roles to interact with the information in different ways.
    • Automated report generation allows architects and designers to spend less taking on word processing and more time on performing architecture and design.
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    Cons
    Planview
    • Better UX and UI
    • Better reporting capabilities which are self-service and automated
    • Improved administrative capabilities as a Planview Viz user
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    Sparx Systems
    • Needs someone that is very conversant with business modelling terminology
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    Support Rating
    Planview
    No answers on this topic
    Sparx Systems
    The support team of Sparx EA, based in Australia, is always willing to help and give direction.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Planview
    Much more advanced and customizable than iterations of the above tools I've used. But more focused on Flow metrics than others. And more complex, IMO.
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    Sparx Systems
    BiZZdesign represents a different new concept to enterprise architecture, its gravity center is not technical modelling, but rather a view on capturing the whole end-user experience or customer journey. It also allows to grasp areas as internal company capabilities, required for adoption/changes and operation of the solution, uses the same Archimate modelling language. This solution is in my opinion a new generation enabling to not only design the solutions, but also manage the whole application portfolio with respect to capabilities and requirement parameters.
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    Return on Investment
    Planview
    • Expect it to increase speed
    • Expect it to increase productivity
    • Expect it to improve predictability
    • Expect it to improve visibility
    • Expect it to improve ROI
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    Sparx Systems
    • This program speed up the development process. It generates the actual code with my model classes after modeling
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    ScreenShots

    Planview Viz Screenshots

    Screenshot of Portfolio Insights consolidates the highlights from a product line, portfolio, group, or department.Screenshot of The Flow Metrics dashboard visualizes and measures product value streams. Out-of-the-box metrics and analytics reveal problem areas, illuminate dependencies, and guide investment to improve speed, velocity, and quality.Screenshot of The Flow Modeler is a visual layout of the end-to-end workflow of an entire value stream, from customer request to customer delivery. Flow Modeler builds the value stream map directly from the data in the user's tools and shows in real-time where bottlenecks are emerging.Screenshot of An easy-to-read Neglected Work Work in Progress (WIP) graph alerts you when value streams have taken on more work than they can deliver.Screenshot of Business-aligned visibility into value delivery aligns teams to measurable outcomes. Flow Metrics alone do not help an organization accelerate value delivery - they must be evaluated against business results. Business and technology teams can work toward a single set of goals and align around a joint set of outcomes.