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Microsoft offers Visio, a diagramming tool for building flowcharts, diagrams (e.g. network diagrams), org charts and floor plans, available online as a subscription and also in enterprise level packages (e.g. Visio Professional).https://dudodiprj2sv7.cloudfront.net/product-logos/eH/X7/W1N6KC1XIRET.JPEGMicrosoftVisio as design solution of choice for call flow documentation2018-12-18T15:35:04.391ZWe use Visio as a visual design and documentation solution. It is primarily used by our Operations teams, though others may use it occasionally in the Sales/Marketing process or for consulting engagements. I use it to document communication flows and communication system architecture. It allows me to clearly represent current configuration and plans for future deployments.,Visio is a highly flexible design and documentation platform that enables clear representation of systems and solutions
Visio is the digital version of a whiteboard that can be used to solidify an idea into a design
The ability to export a design to a PDF allows easy sharing with others that do not use Visio,Visio falls behind in the real-time collaboration department
I have always wished that Visio more easily enabled dynamic complex shapes - for example, a simple shape with menu of choices that would automatically expand/contract as items are added/deleted,10,Using Visio for our call flow designs has given us an edge over our competition by enabling us to provide clear, concise, and visually appealing documentation
Visio makes it easier to create compelling documentation for our customers than other solutions we have tried,David CurrierVisio is Amazing2018-12-12T21:21:39.002ZVisio is used throughout my organization. It's the best (and only) go-to product for creating process flows and system diagrams. It simplifies complex processes, makes information manageable and shareable, and improves my documentation.,I love that Visio works for any level of user. I can create simplistic, high-level diagrams very quickly, or take my time and create more complex processes and diagrams using Visio's large shapes library. And if the icon or image I need isn't available, I can paste or import it into my diagram.
It gives me control to go outside what we'd consider best practices to create diagrams that have specific meaning to stakeholders. For example, some may like a particular color scheme, which I really don't care about, but if they want decisions to be yellow, start to be green, and end to be red, I can easily accommodate those requests.
I also love (love!) that it is so easy to use with SharePoint. I can virtually collaborate with my team to refine process flows and diagrams, and go back through my version control to see which changes have been made and by whom.,The shapes library can be a little daunting if you're unfamiliar. Unless you know what you're looking for and where to find it, you can spend a lot of time looking for a particular shape or icon. But once you find it, you can add it to your shapes menu for easy access.
You can also spend a lot of time selecting your defaults for shapes, arrows, font size, etc. But like the shapes library, once you get it down, it's locked in.
Be prepared to spend a few hours playing with Visio before figuring out all the nuances. But if you're a beginner and need to create a process flow or diagram, you can do it very quickly without a lot of effort or training. The fun stuff takes a little longer to master.,10,Visio has enabled me to identify current processes that are broken and figure out better future-state processes. It has immensely improved our business.
Visio makes my documentation palatable. People like diagrams and pictures, not 50-page Word docs. Makes my job much easier.,OmniGraffle, Lucidchart and draw.io,draw.io, LucidchartRichard CraneThe king but for how long?2019-02-14T18:42:33.946ZVisio is used for all flowcharts in projects in the UK at Fujitsu. As the industry standard in diagramming it's virtually impossible to use anything else. I mainly deal with solution architects who create process flows in Visio to send to myself and fellow developers.,For users who have been using it since the early versions, the changes between the years have been incremental and easy to pick up. It's an easy learning curve for longtime users.
A huge amount of different diagram options for every conceivable possibility. There isn't another tool with this much diagram versatility while maintaining a professional feel.
It's often bunched in with Office 365 Professional meaning that companies don't have to shell out too much.,It is not very user-friendly for first-time users, such as myself back in 2016. If you haven't had training in the area you will find producing professional diagrams difficult with Visio.
There are open source alternatives that are catching up with Visio's functionality for free. It may not be long until forking out for Visio may not be worth it.
Switching between open source software and Visio can cause compatibility issues, and diagrams may be ruined in the conversion.,6,Visio has to lead to client-satisfying diagrams, clients often have high expectations especially for technical consultants, and Visio must be used in these scenarios. Visio has thus helped win over clients.
Forking out money for Visio in the complete Office 365 Business suite is becoming more and more redundant with open source software coming up.
Visio training is required for users to be sufficiently skilled in it to show diagrams to clients, meaning extra time and money that isn't billable.,Lucidchart,UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform, Blue Prism, Microsoft 365 BusinessAlexander CooperUsing Visio to help share your vision efficiently2019-02-08T19:17:21.978ZVisio is extremely versatile and probably used in almost all groups where people document processes or systems. In my group, it is used mostly by solution architects to describe solutions and systems. I've seen it used to describe support processes as well. Words can't describe everything in an efficient manner. Sometimes, a drawing really helps understand. In these cases, Visio is great as it allows you to quickly make a visual representation.,Visio contains a very large collection of objects that you can add to your drawing. They are regrouped in themes which makes it more easy to select. It also allows for some standards in the drawings created.
Office integration is really awesome. You can integrate a Visio drawing in a Word document and people without Visio can still see it. Also, the users of Visio can edit the drawing from within Word which makes it very convenient.
Visio allows us to add new anchors to objects (to attach arrows and lines). This is really convenient as sometimes the default position of anchors on an object doesn't fit your needs.
If you can't find the object that fits your need, you can import pictures and put anchors on them. This helps you achieve the desired effect.,Often, I have the feeling that I'm using overly complex ways of doing some things that are basic. The tool is really easy to use and loaded with options so you can easily get lost in it. Looking for some training on the tool is probably a good idea if you want to use it fully.
When you are moving objects around, very often, your connectors will also move and won't arrange nicely.
For example, if three connectors leave an object to go to three different objects, I would like to see these three connectors joined (or overlapped) for as long as possible on the graph. Or if you manually change the path of a connector to go under an object, as soon as you move one of the two objects linked with that connector, this will usually revert the path of the connector to the original one. For people with OCD, this is triggering.,9,Visio has been part of the software used in IT for as long as I have been here. I can't really comment on the ROI but I can say that doing without it would greatly affect both the delivery time and quality of our technical documentation.
Visio as a perpetual licence will absolutely have a positive impact on a company. If the cost structure goes towards a pay to use model (like for Office) then it's worth doing the actual math. It is possible that an alternative should be considered.,Atlassian Confluence,Notepad++, Microsoft Office 2016, VMware Workstation Player (formerly VMware Player)Mathieu GaouetteUse Microsoft Visio to enhance your drawings2018-09-27T18:04:36.424ZMicrosoft Visio is a very cool tool. It makes creating diagrams and charts so much easier. Only a few people in our organization use Microsoft Visio. It is mainly used for creating organizational charts. We also use it to create diagrams for our IT department. It is quite the time saver.,Flow Charts - It is very easy to create flow charts with Visio.
Network Diagrams - This is where I started my Visio experience. Drawing servers and switches. Visio has all the shapes built right into it so you can just drag and drop.
Maps - You can create building plans with Visio and layout how you want your rooms to look. I used this to design my current house floor plan.,Shapes - There are always more shapes that could be added. Visio has a lot but never all of them.
Visio Viewer - Occasionally the Visio Viewer doesn't work. We use the viewer for all the rest of our users to view the Visio files but the most recent version of Visio viewer is 2013.,9,I have to create and update organizational charts. Using Visio is so much easier to do this in. It greatly reduces my time.
Network and server diagrams help me document how our systems are connected.,,Adobe Acrobat DC, Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite 4Andrew Murphy
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