A great way to bridge the gap in a remote world.
May 26, 2022
A great way to bridge the gap in a remote world.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Miro
With the pandemic making remote work the new norm, Miro has played a critical role in my team's efforts to continue to collaborate and brainstorm together, in order to record new ideas and map out our process. I love the ability to work with my team in real-time, all the features Miro offers make collaborating a very smooth process. For example, during brainstorming sessions, I am able to set a timer for participants to let their imagination run wild and post whatever comes to their minds. When the timer is up, we can switch to presenter mode and go through each of the team's ideas, and set up polls to vote on our favorite ones.
Pros
- Intuitive, I've had numerous people jump on for the first time and have no problem figuring out the basic concept of posting notes on a board.
- Being able to follow presenters, and collaborate in real-time.
- Scalability, I've used Miro for multiple exercises, from brainstorming sessions, to presentations, and even for creating site maps
Cons
- I once created a board while logged into the wrong team, so having a way to move that board/project to the correct team would have been nice.
- When you create a text box, it extends out well beyond the actual text, I would like to be able to resize the text "box", without changing the size of the actual text.
- More quick selections for colors for sticky notes, without having to create a new color.
- Bypasses physical restrictions, I work on a global design team, so we have members halfway across the world we need to collaborate with, Miro has been the go-to tool for sharing designs, and running through design exercises because of its ability to work in real-time.
- Reduced friction, I often have to present designs and ideas to stakeholders who often don't have an account set up, so the ability for them to follow a link and not have to create an account has been a huge selling point for the design team, as it greatly reduced the friction for all team members, regardless of their department, to participate.
- Savings on resources, because Miro's features are so robust, I am able to compile and share just about everything from one board. E.g. I can display and showcase my results from a workshop, a site map, my timeline, and all of my designs, on a single board, with no need to switch between several different software tools.
Miro has played a pivotal role in my team's method of collaborating on projects. I started working for this company during the height of the pandemic as a remote worker, and haven't actually met most of the members of my team, but I have had zero issues using Miro to collaborate with them during brainstorming sessions, working through a workshop or showcasing a design.
Do you think Miro delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Miro's feature set?
Yes
Did Miro live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Miro go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Miro again?
Yes
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I think Miro is the most robust of all these tools, some may be more specialized and be better suited for a specific scenario, but oftentimes you would need to use several different tools to accomplish what you could do with just one board using Miro.
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