Item: Microsoft Visio
Rating: 2
Author: Mahmoud Barakat

Pros and Cons

A lot of techniques
Easy to use and combine shapes

Office 365 - [I believe] web view is valueless, don't invest a penny in it.
[In my experience,] pictures cannot be cropped and groups cannot be un-grouped
[In my experience, there is] lagging time even with high bandwidth
[In my experience, the] time to deliver same drawing in web view = 3X or 4X time of older desktop versions

Most Important Features

Sequence diagram
Product architecture graphs

Return on Investment

[In my experience,] Bad ROI
[I believe it takes a] long time to process
[I feel it is] bad [at] picture handling

Key Insights

Do you think Microsoft Visio delivers good value for the price?

Are you happy with Microsoft Visio's feature set?

Did Microsoft Visio live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Microsoft Visio go as expected?

Would you buy Microsoft Visio again?

[In my option, Microsoft Visio is] bad value for money. [Learning from my experience,] If you are [considering] purchase[ing] Microsoft Visio plan 1, which allow[s] you to work using web view, don't. [I feel] it is a real wasting time tool. [In my experience,] the time to implement simple charts [has] become 3X or 4X [longer than the] older desktop versions. [I believe one of the] crazy wasting time issues [is that] you can insert picture but you cannot crop [it]! [In my experience,] you must use paint first. [Also, in my experience, you can group objects but cannot un-group, [meaning] you have to reimport the objects rework, and regroup again. Also, [I feel no matter] the bandwidth you have, the tool is very slow.

Microsoft Visio Web viewer - price for value

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Visio