Item: Microsoft Visio
Rating: 6
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Visio

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am part of an engineering development team that uses Microsoft Visio for system and use case modelling.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Clean modeling design
Good exporting functionality
Easy to pick up and use

Cons

Collaboration between multiple team members
Visio diagram navigation
AI incorporation for diagramming assistance

Return on Investment

More efficient product definition
Better alignment between stakeholders
Cleaner documentation (with inclusion of exported Visio diagrams)

I think Microsoft Visio is pretty easy to initially pick up and understand the user interface to dive into make basic models. It would be nice if there were some fit for purpose templates so that not as much time needs to be spent on some types of engineering diagram structure. Trying to work on a single Visio file with multiple team members is also a sticking point.

Alternatives Considered

Miro

Microsoft Visio defaults to more professional looking diagrams and has a simpler UX/UI, however it lacks hugely on the collaboration and engineering design templates side of things.

Key Insights

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

Yes

Are you happy with Microsoft Visio's feature set?

Yes

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?

Yes

Would you buy Microsoft Visio again?

Other Software Used

Azure DevOps Services, Miro, Microsoft Teams, Figma, ChatGPT

Likelihood to Recommend

Microsoft Visio is a great, simple, tool for diagramming algorithm flows and systems states for a team that is designing software algorithms or larger systems. We have used it for everything from use case diagrams to system diagrams.

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