Marg Microsoft Visio

Es una buena herramienta para realizar diagramas de flujo para las empresas o personas encargadas de grandes proyectos. Por el desembolso que hay que realizar para comprar la aplicación hay alternativas mejores a un menor coste

EL precio es muy elevado para los servicios que proporciona a día de hoy. En un primer momento fue una aplicación que ofrecía un servicio en el campo de la Ingeniería y Arquitectura que cubría el coste que había que realizar. A día de hoy, a no ser que quieras realizar diagramas de flujo o UML Visio no es tú programa

Lo recomendaría para la realización de diagramas de flujo o UML, pero por el coste que conlleva y los servicios que ofrece, considero que existen alternativas gratuitas que ofrecen un rendimiento similar

Visio es una aplicación muy válida para la creación de diagramas de flujo o UML. Pero no es mejor que otras alternativas existentes y gratuitas para este tipo de funciones. Como por ejemplo: ArgoUML

I use an older version of Visio as supplied by my employer. I like that it looks like Word templates, so its easy to navigate, especially for first time users. I'm already familiar with other Office products so its helpful to have a similar ribbon above/top of the screen.

I dislike the intricacy of some diagrams. It's repetitive, in that if there are no saved templates for specific shapes, you have to start with a new shape etc. For beginners it can be irritating, especially if the user is not comfortable with technology. I find that some colleagues have a harder time using it

Watch tutorials on line for a better understanding of specific tools.

It's easy to make a flow chart, and save as any file you need. It's a Office program, so it works seamlessly with other integrated office software: word, excel etc.

What do you like best?

What do you dislike?

I loved the wide array of prebuilt graphics for use with mind mapping and creating diagrams. There was never a time I couldn't find an icon suitable for the subject and the ability to edit the objects made the software very useful when mapping out sites and decision trees.

The app often did not behave as I expected it to. For instance, when linking two or more objects together via an arrow the arrow rarely, if ever, stuck to the objects. While seemingly not a big deal, any time I would edit my document and move objects, the arrow would not be linked to the objects it was connecting and I would waste valuable time redrawing arrows.

Very useful, but has it's limitations.

Mapping out websites and decision trees is much easier in Visio. I used to use PowerPoint due to it's similar functionality regrading built in, ready to use graphics but was always limited as that is not PP's primary use. Visio is built purely for mind mapping and made my life easier in that respect.

Visio has what you need to create any type of diagram or process chart. The variety of shapes and symbols offered in the categories allow you to customize your diagrams in a way that allows you to define and use the symbols exactly how you want.

The page layout and ability to organize and size your diagrams is not very simple or seamless which caused me to have to resize/organize my diagrams in order for them to fit on the page. The overall functionality was difficult to use and it took time to search for previously used symbols or shapes as there are almost too many categories to click through. The categories also do not display the image of the shape until you open it up completely which made it difficult to quickly scan as you can't see the shape as you are going through the categories.

Visio allowed me to illustrate data flow and system processes in a visual way that was clean and easy to understand. These visual data process flows were used daily for troubleshooting, problem solving, as well as for training new employees.