Exponential Officer Co-founder
Hello Professionals,
I am interested to know what are good process mapping tools that you have used and you are using in your practice?
Many thanks for the ideas,
Nikola I study, apply and teach success strategies
Chuck LEAN Business Consultant
IBM Blueworks Live is cloud-based software that gives you a dedicated, collaborative environment to build and improve business processes through process mapping. Business analysts, subject matter experts, and any other designated editors or contributors can easily work together through an intuitive web interface to document and analyze processes to make them more efficient. And because it’s in the cloud, there’s nothing to download. It’s accessible anywhere and provides a single location for all business processes to live.
Marieta Lean Consultant Legal Sector
Hi Exponential Officer and Nikola,
This is a really interesting and developing topic as more and more companies start understanding they need to map and see the flow of their processes.
I have recently started using Nimbus and Element.
1. Nimbus- quite impressive, because of the drill down numbering system- you can go as deep as you want and you will not have the 4-meter long processes. You can attach documents and write nice bubble comments. And really everything is in front of your eyes and no need of printing.
https://www.tibco.com/index.php/products/tibco-nimbus
2. Elements- this is a free tool and really good when working with clients that do not have or do not want to pay licences.Totally print-friendly, so it is perfect for a Green organisation.
https://elements.cloud/elements-for-opex/
I really enjoy them and they are quite different from Visio, but really powerful when you want to drill down into long processes.
@Nikola, I will definitely check your suggestions, as I have only experience with Visio till now.
Thanks,
Marieta
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Hi Marieta,
Probably one of the best options still remains Microsofts Visio (Standard or Professional) although it might be a bit costly if not provided by your organisation. Good news is they are launching an online version (https://products.office.com/en-us/visio/flowchart-software?tab=tabs-3) that is very affordable (from $5 to $15 per month).
A very good alternative that is both cheaper and cross platform compatible is ConceptDraw (http://www.conceptdraw.com) That would be my first choice as I am a Mac user but also know I need to collaborate with Windows users too.
A bit less pro but also good quality to price ratio and also cross platform compatible is Edraw (https://www.edrawsoft.com).
Finally there are some nice alteranatives that work online and are easy to learn and also licences can be very affordable and paid on monthly basis. They also have free versions but with limits in the elements you can use so if you are going to draw long processes then a small licences is worth the investment. Here are the alternatives to the heavy pro programs:
Hope this was useful and feel free to contact me for any further information.
Kind regards,
Nikola