Using Sparx Enterprise Architect allowed my customer to detail and make the company's IT strategy visible and accessible to all. The system provided clear roadmaps for IT development and helped to keep up-to-date documentation of systems and processes.
INLINE Technologies at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
Provides clear roadmaps for IT development, helps keep systems documentation current
Pros and Cons
- "Using Sparx Enterprise Architect allowed my customer to detail and make the company's IT strategy visible and accessible to all. The system provided clear roadmaps for IT development and helped to keep up-to-date documentation of systems and processes."
- "The system provides powerful tools for obtaining reports and documentation."
- "It is a handy tool for visual modeling that provides opportunities for analysis, design, and support of models using ArchiMate, UML."
- "I would like the system to more "intellectually" build a scheme, place icons, and connect lines on the schemes."
How has it helped my organization?
What is most valuable?
I like to use this system, it is a handy tool for visual modeling that provides opportunities for analysis, design, and support of models using ArchiMate, UML.
The system provides powerful tools for obtaining reports and documentation.
There is a good community of users of this system, providing the opportunity to learn and share knowledge.
What needs improvement?
I would like the system to more "intellectually" build a scheme, place icons, and connect lines on the schemes.
For how long have I used the solution?
One to three years.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
No issues with stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
No issues with scalability.
How are customer service and support?
Good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
ARIS Business Architect, ARIS Business Designer.
Sparx EA is better suited for small and medium-sized companies, cheaper and easier in terms of training. It is better suited to modeling on ArchiMate 3.0 notation.
How was the initial setup?
Easy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Pricing and licensing are suitable even for small companies.
What other advice do I have?
I recommend connecting to the Sparx EA community.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Data Architect with 501-1,000 employees
The database management area was not usable
Pros and Cons
- "It really did not work for logical modeling. The look is very old-fashioned. You can't make the diagrams easy on the eye, so we ended up drawing them again in Visio anyhow."
- "I struggled with most of the features for this tool, as did the rest of our architecture team."
- "The database management area was not usable."
What is our primary use case?
Solution architecture and design, however the database management area really was not usable. I could not even send in a DDL to reverse engineer it. Also, adding referential integrity to existing fields from a reverse engineered database resulted in duplication of keys.
How has it helped my organization?
Not really.
Unfortunately, only one of our solution architects was using this in the end, as the others resorted to Vision because it was more user-friendly. I ended up buying an Idera licence for ER/Studio and using that instead.
What is most valuable?
I struggled with most of the features for this tool, as did the rest of our architecture team.
What needs improvement?
The database part needs to be more like ERwin or ER/Studio.
It really did not work for logical modeling. The look is very old-fashioned. You can't make the diagrams easy on the eye, so we ended up drawing them again in Visio anyhow.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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