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SBB DS

Brainstorming

Tools to capture, visualize, develop, organize and document ideas / processes

Evaluated tools

Tool Webbased Free Confluence Jira Brainstorming Flow Chart Collaboration Markdown Export Cool and fun to use Comments
MindNode X X X
Mermaid (X) X (X) (X) (X) (X) X (X)
Coggle.it X X X X Plain Txt X https://coggle.help/
Monodraw X X ASCII X
Draw.io X X• X X X X X
Gliffy X X X X X X
Lucidchart X X X X X X
Xmind Zen 2020 X X
iThoughts X X X

• already part of SBB Jira / Confluence

feature matrix not complete / all tested


Other tools

Bearly evaluated due to crappy UX / UI / high costs

DS values

  • modular
  • predictable
  • exchangeable
  • flexible
  • high failure tolerance / reliance
  • testing
  • QA
  • efficient & satisfying collaboration
  • transparent
  • intuitive
  • easy adobtable / integration
  • documentation
  • maintainability
  • usability
  • easy onboarding
  • easy to understand
  • discoverability / searchability
  • single source of truth
  • team member happiness (PO, UX, DevOps, Frontend, Backend)
  • Developer Experience (DX)
  • User Experience (UX)
  • measurability
  • allows growth
  • reusability
  • remote work
  • no barriers
  • english
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