Finding the right diagramming software is
essential, not only because you have a potential affinity for Visio 2010 Standard, for example – but because quality control is afforded if proper
planning and strategizing place a large role in your organization.
That being said, if you are thinking about picking
up a Visio 2010 package, you can juxtapose the different versions to see which
of these is most appropriate for you.
A lot of the
improvements and latest of the twenty-ten version are generally available
across the different editions, but Visio Pro and Premium have additional capacities
that you might find to your liking.
Visio Standard 2010 brings introduced a brand new layout because
of the Office Fluent User Interface and the redesigned Shapes Window. You will
also be introduced to new features such as Quick Shapes, Auto Align and Space.
This facilitates easy insertion and deletion of the different shapes. There are
also new containers and callouts that make it easier to organize the diagrams
and to polish them further. You will find that with Standard 2010 Visio, a lot
more versatility in working with diagrams and a flowchart template that has a
more streamlined and scalable pattern.
Of course Visio 2010
Pro version offers a lot more than the Std edition. With the Professional
version, you can easily connect your diagrams to some data you have gathered
for easy publishing with the Visio Services platform. With it, you can see some
data-driven diagrams that are found in SharePoint. This is true even if you
don’t have Visio as of the moment. You may also find useful the Detailed
Network diagrams, wireframes, engineering and software patterns that suit
people who are into IT and database jobs.
Finally, Visio
Premium includes everything from the Pro and augments it with process
management capacities like diagrams for SharePoint, Business Process Modeling
Notation and there are even apps Six Sigma companies. What stands out however is the Subprocess
feature. This can allow you to compartmentalize the different processes so that
they are more manageable and easier to pull up when you need them.
These are just some of the things that you can do
with the Visio 2010 editions. So which one will you get? Visio 2010 Standard? Just be sure that whichever platform you
purchase perfectly suits everything in your SME. Cost efficiency should always
be married to quality control in output, planning and strategizing.
