Dragon1

Dragon1 is an enterprise visualization software solution designed to support strategic planning, facilitate change management through projects, and enable digital transformation. The vendor claims that Dragon1 is suitable for businesses of all sizes, catering to professionals in various industries such as banking, manufacturing, retail, government, and healthcare. It offers a platform that allows users to create interactive visualizations, generate architecture diagrams, and model enterprise structures.

Key Features

Real-time Management Information: According to the vendor, Dragon1 serves as a visual management instrument for monitoring and managing the execution of applications and processes in real-time. It dynamically updates indicators and popup dialogs to reflect changes in the data model. Non-compliant applications and processes can be highlighted in red within visualizations, accompanied by popup dialog information explaining the reasons for the color-coding.

Support for Strategic Planning: Dragon1 enables strategic planning by facilitating the creation of conceptual architecture blueprints for organizations. The vendor claims that it assists in developing new strategies by exploring various what-if scenarios. Dragon1 promotes collaboration among strategic planning teams, aiding in decision-making processes. It also provides the capability to align goals and key performance indicators (KPIs) to visualize and manage the impact of strategies on the business.

Business Strategy Development: According to the vendor, Dragon1 supports the development of business strategies through the creation of conceptual architecture blueprints. It helps define business priorities and guides the planning process. Dragon1 assists in modernizing business models, optimizing operating models, and addressing other strategic priorities. Additionally, it offers a list of trending business priorities to aid in strategic planning.

IT Strategy Alignment: Dragon1 assists in developing IT strategies that align with the overall business strategy. According to the vendor, it helps define IT priorities for strategic planning, such as digital transformation, cybersecurity, and cloud adoption. Dragon1 facilitates the creation of IT architecture blueprints to optimize technology usage within the organization.

Strategic Planning Process Framework: Dragon1 provides a framework and approach for strategic planning. The vendor claims that it aids in setting priorities, focusing energy, managing resources, and aligning employees and stakeholders towards common goals. Dragon1 supports the creation of strategic plans containing goals, actions, and critical elements required to achieve desired outcomes.

Digital Twin Creation: According to the vendor, Dragon1 supports the creation of digital twins, which are digital replicas of physical assets, entities, processes, systems, or organizations. It enables simulation and analysis of various scenarios to optimize performance and reduce downtime. Dragon1 integrates real-time data from multiple sources into the digital twin for monitoring and analysis. The vendor asserts that this feature provides benefits such as improved performance, cost reduction, enhanced safety, and better decision-making.

Digital Banking Transformation: Dragon1 assists banks in their digital transformation initiatives by digitizing operations and automating back-end processes. The vendor claims that it supports change management across processes, applications, technology, and culture. Dragon1 provides visualizations for managing data maturity and risk in the banking industry. It also offers interactive visualizations for managing digital banking business capabilities, enterprise risk management, and technology roadmaps.

Change Management through Projects: According to the vendor, Dragon1 supports change management through projects using enterprise architecture. It offers a comprehensive concept for designing enterprise structures that bridge strategy and transformation. Dragon1 facilitates the creation of architecture design assignments and program requirements. It also enables the visualization and management of projects through interactive visualizations.

Powerful Visual Designer: Dragon1 includes a web-based Visual Designer application that allows users to create models, views, and visualizations. Users can develop meta models and models, as well as views and viewpoints. The Visual Designer supports the creation of various visualizations, such as blueprints, landscapes, roadmaps, prototypes, reference models, and architectures. Users can merge models, views, and visualizations, and compare and report on them. The Visual Designer provides customizable templates, color schemes, styles, icons, and backgrounds. Additionally, users can create interactivity and dynamics in models and visualizations, including scenario modeling and animation. The Visual Designer enforces meta-model compliance and is compatible with various devices.

Robust Architecture Repository: Dragon1 includes a web-based Architecture Repository application that allows users to import, administer, manage, export, and report data. The repository serves as a centralized source of truth for all web applications within Dragon1. Users can extend common and open EA frameworks and modeling languages to suit their specific requirements. The Architecture Repository supports the import and definition of new concepts and shapes. Users can define custom shapes and extend the meta-model. The repository offers features such as data management (add/edit/delete), hierarchy and sort order management, query and search functionality, data versioning, role-based access control, import and export capabilities, and data locking.