Visio Reviews

I am generally using Visio to create some diagrams.

Visio should implement more complex tools or graphics to facilitate processing and use flexible templates. It should allow users to easily drag and drop some previously created diagrams. The tools supplied or provided are very basic, and there are not enough tools for design.

Primarily, I employ it for business analysis purposes. In my previous role as a business analyst, I utilized it for process analysis, management, and the creation of visual representations such as flow diagrams. Working in telecom domains and government sectors, Visio proved valuable for presenting processes through flow diagrams and interactive use cases.

The primary functionality revolves around the creation of flow diagrams and diverse Building Information Modeling (BIM) using contemporary and pre-established notations. In my perspective, these ready-made notations prove highly beneficial. Despite being a compact tool, it is effective for tasks such as drawing organizational charts, making it a straightforward and uncomplicated tool.               

I have used Visio Professional to model business process to BPMN 2.0 standard in the Logistic and Insurance Industry. Visio has been an easy-to-use modeling tool for Logistic processes, Complaints processes, Compensation Recoveries processes, Insurance processes, and Finance processes. The modeling of the As-Is process allows process analysis to design an efficient To-be process.

Visio is used to model and communicate the business process. 

As with all process modeling software when used correctly, it has the following benefits:

• Swimlanes enable clear accountability and responsibility.
• The Data Objects are hyperlinked to the Standard Operating Procedures, Letters, and Forms.
• The Data Store is linked to the CRM/ERP system.
• The task types assigned to the task enables the identification of improvement opportunities.

Our class is using Visio to write and test code, program modules, and similar tasks.

I could jump into it and learn the basics pretty quickly. It is probably a really powerful tool if I took the time to learn all of the features and functions of it, but I could jump right into it as a beginner programmer and just write code, test my code.

I use it for diagramming networks, racks, data centers, data flow applications, etc.

I am using its latest version. We have an M-365 membership, so we can access it in the cloud, but we download the application because it works better.

It is a useful tool to map data flows, network objects, and computer science technology and show to clients. It does what I need it to do. It's a tool I've used the longest, so I know it the best, and that's probably the claim to fame.

I mainly use Visio for various modeling purposes, such as enterprise architecture, process modeling, and strategy modeling. I have used it to do all the architecture disciplines, including security architecture, and have been building a meta-model for the organization. I also did use cases between different systems using Visio.

Visio's flexibility has allowed us to map data modeling, process modeling, and strategy modeling, despite the lack of a formal repository. It has enabled translating specific diagrams into actionable models, even though the entirety of our modeling isn't perfectly cohesive due to its limitations.

The solution is easy to set up.

The stability is okay. The performance is pretty good.

It's a very flexible solution. 

It requires a lot of skill to get into it. 

It requires more simplicity. You have two options. Either you go very simple, then it's quite a hurdle to get into it or you go very complex. It's a hurdle too. However, when you decide to go complex, then you know exactly what you're doing. Therefore, the gap between, let's say, a common user and an experienced user is large. For Draw.io, I can point anybody to Draw.io and they can just get in there and do whatever they want to do, and it works for them. Visio requires someone to be more experienced.

There's also a solution called TAG for writing documents, which is awesome. It's mainly used in universities, education areas, and big pharma. It's an awesome tool. It takes a lot of time to get in there, but when you are in there, you can do basically almost every kind of document without any issues. Visio is much more similar to this. There's complexity and yet you can do anything within it.

I'm not used to the new versions of Visio. There is a standard version. Always when I get in there, I get frustrated as I can't do the things that I like. The usability could be improved.

Stencils are always an issue, however, this depends on the vendors.

The stability can get iffy if you are doing very complex things. 

I am a health and safety professional. I use it for flowcharting, but I also use it for drawing diagrams. 

I will do a technical assessment of a workplace scenario of equipment as well as noise measurements, and I will use Visio to draw out the scale.

There are many images that you can put in there and data to create images of workplace exposures.

It has improved the way our organization functions.

It's a tool that helped me diagram complex procedures. More as a picture versus words. 

It also for training and letting other people know how to do that same procedure.