Planview Viz vs. Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect

It is ideal for value stream mapping in:- - Software development ie agile and devops, and CI/CD pipelines - Portfolio management - Process improvement and workflow automation - scaling agile - creating alignment with business objectives and IT goals It is less appropriate for:- - Technical analysis and product design

Incentivized

You need to have a Sparx EA go to person to help socialize the tool and ensure it is properly used (but again, this is true for most tools). IF a company is looking for a tool they can just buy an have people use they should stick to Visio because any true modeling tool requires expertise.

In an environment where you do not have a highly trained group of architects who are familiar with all the standards and strategies of modeling, Sparx EA , more than most tools, allows you to wrap user friendly menus,and windows around it to make it easier to use.

Incentivized

• Visualize via charts and graphs
• Ignore story points
• Allow a great detail of customization

Incentivized

• Easy to get started
• Easy to share content
• It supports TOGAF and UML.

Incentivized

• Better UX and UI
• Better reporting capabilities which are self-service and automated
• Improved administrative capabilities as a Planview Viz user

Incentivized

• Enterprise Architect's user interface is outdated... It should be more fresh and clean

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The solution is well complemented by external addons from third parties.

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Much more advanced and customizable than iterations of the above tools I've used. But more focused on Flow metrics than others. And more complex, IMO.

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BiZZdesign represents a different new concept to enterprise architecture, its gravity center is not technical modelling, but rather a view on capturing the whole end-user experience or customer journey. It also allows to grasp areas as internal company capabilities, required for adoption/changes and operation of the solution, uses the same Archimate modelling language. This solution is in my opinion a new generation enabling to not only design the solutions, but also manage the whole application portfolio with respect to capabilities and requirement parameters.

Incentivized

• Expect it to increase speed
• Expect it to increase productivity
• Expect it to improve predictability
• Expect it to improve visibility
• Expect it to improve ROI

Incentivized

• EA has provided a very positive impact on business understanding
• EA has allowed us to map clearly our physical and logical architecture, and to allow us to plan replacement systems and platforms

Incentivized