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Software engineering teams need to collaborate effectively as they design, build, and maintain complex systems. SmartDraw helps engineering teams:
Build a visual representation of your software's basic architecture to make sure everyone on the team has the same understanding about the building blocks, their attributes, operations, and relationships between them. SmartDraw will even help you generate a class diagram from your code in Git or a local code repository automatically. Open this class diagram
Identify use cases, break down components, and create cohesive technical solutions. Open this use case diagram
Plan out the dynamic nature of how a user may flow through or interact with the system or application you're building. Open this activity diagram
Map out the flow of information in your app from external entities through processes and data stores. Get a high level view to give your team context or do a deep dive into the details. Open this data flow diagram
Create a quick and dirty wireframe to communicate the main elements of your structure or build out a pixel-perfect mockup or UI prototype. Open this wireframe
Develop a system for developing new versions of your app quickly and securely. This can include streamlining build pipelines and automating deployment processes. Create standard deployment policies and procedures that are easy to follow for your entire team. Open this development flowchart
Get your team on the same page by monitoring and updating progress on tasks for your sprint. You can discuss how to deal with any tasks at risk or any taks that have become bottlenecks for others. Open this Kanban board
Get templates and symbols for every type of technical diagram from UML to UI mockups. You can even generate diagrams from your code repository directly without any manual drawing at all.
With powerful formatting AI, SmartDraw makes it easy to add shapes, add text, and move shapes so everything remains connected or inside their designated containers.
SmartDraw will work where you work. You can run SmartDraw from where you already collaborate with your team: Microsoft Teams®, Google Workspace™, or SharePoint®. You can add visuals easily in Confluence, Google Workspace apps, or Microsoft Office. You can import data from Jira and roundtrip back with new ideas. SmartDraw also works hand in glove with most file storage systems. You can save files directly to SharePoint®, OneDrive®, Google Drive™, and more. Learn more.
SmartDraw can add Jira tickets to any workspace. You can also push ideas and tickets generated during your meetings and brainstorming sessions back into Jira. Learn more.
You can build a class diagram automatically by connecting to Git or your local code repository. Learn more.
The SmartDraw Open API allows you to format data from any source in such a way that lets you skip the drawing process and generate diagrams from data automatically. Learn more.
Share your visuals with anyone, even if they don't own a copy of SmartDraw, with a link. You can also easily export any diagram as a PDF or common image types like PNG or SVG.
Work on the same diagram as a team and leave comments and feedback. Learn more.
SmartDraw's Site License lets you cover your entire organization for one, low, fixed price. This means you won't have to deal with constantly counting heads.
SmartDraw works hand in glove with all the apps you use and most file storage systems like OneDrive, SharePoint, and Google Drive. There is no need to set up a parallel set of permissions, SmartDraw can just save files directly into the existing system. Plus, SmartDraw supports SSO, which makes managing your users effortless.
SmartDraw meets all of the standards of security and reliability for an Enterprise application.
"The templates are complete enough to know which app to choose each time. It has an easy-to-use feel and intuitively knows what to do next. SmartDraw is a time saver compared to other programs I have used in the past. Plus, the customer service is the best I have ever engaged with."
"Flowcharts and mindmaps are ridiculously easy to make with SmartDraw- no dragging and dropping and adjusting lines & shapes to be perfectly centered/aligned with each other, just use the automation and the program knows to add the exact amount of space and alignment to make a very clear and understandable diagram."
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See how SmartDraw can benefit your software engineering team today!