Item: SmartDraw
Rating: 8
Author: Mukul Kumar

Overall Satisfaction with SmartDraw

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Ever since we moved to virtual mode of communicating with colleagues and having meetings and discussions online, SmartDraw has made the entire process of explaining ideas, expressing and describing thoughts as easy as possibly it can be.
We use it for discussing application flows. We use it for High level designs. We are still discovering new use out of this awesome tool.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Flowcharts
Structural design
Sharing and Collaboration

Cons

The application is a little heavy on my system and takes some time to load
UI can be improved for touch screen interface.
Nothing i can think of! Its awesome

Most Important Features

Sharing and Collaboration
Flow Diagram
Structural Design

Return on Investment

Increased productivity
Attractive and appealing flow diagrams for client
Its totally worth what the org spent on it.

Key Insights

Do you think SmartDraw delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SmartDraw's feature set?

Yes

Did SmartDraw live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of SmartDraw go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SmartDraw again?

Yes

Other Software Used

draw.io, Miro

Likelihood to Recommend

As a developer i use it extensively for sharing ideas specially related for system design and application flows. Entire team finds it comfortable to use it, understand it and make changes swiftly. We use it for High Level System design.
While discussing the only missing thing we find about it is the integration of an ide for Low Level Design but in my opinion this tool isn't made for that purpose.

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