Our clients deal directly with BiZZdesign. They use it, but what we do is we have some experts who have hands-on experience, and we use that knowledge to implement solutions for them. We don't use any separate licenses for HoriZZon ourselves.
Bizzdesign Horizzon
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Easy to implement, and it's reliable but restrictions in integration capabilities
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
There could definitely be regulatory impacts to comply with industry regulations.
Since we're currently supporting clients in two specific countries, I'm mostly confident it's compliant. If clients in other countries require it, they'd likely raise questions about regulatory compliance.
As these clients seem to be familiar with the product, it's currently compliant.
What is most valuable?
The features I like are that it's very easy to implement and it's reliable.
This is one of the best tools, especially because of its collaborative nature. Anyone using it can access previous projects and related data. It's definitely a strong collaborative tool.
It's configurable, meaning you can integrate this product with different tools. However, there are some restrictions.
What needs improvement?
Integration definitely needs improvement. There are some restrictions. We've seen that it doesn't integrate with everything we might expect.
Out of ten products we want to integrate, maybe five or six integrate easily. The other four might face challenges due to lower investment in the products or compatibility issues. It's definitely not easy to achieve seamless integration for any product.
We can only test to a certain extent, and issues could arise from either BiZZdesign HoriZZon or the other product.
Another point is the cost of licenses. If they were a bit lower, it would be easier for businesses to acquire more licenses... something like an enterprise or bulk license model. Maybe different pricing tiers based on the number of licenses, like significant discounts for orders over one hundred. This could help clients adopt the product.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using it for five to six years now.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a very stable product. We don't have any challenges in this regard.
I would rate the stability a seven out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable solution. I would rate the scalability a seven out of ten because it has an autoscaling option. It's generally scalable.
The solutions support medium and enterprise level businesses.
How are customer service and support?
We struggled once to get adequate support. It took a long time to receive the solution we expected.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We don't use this product in isolation. Different clients use different products.
We can recommend the best products for our clients. Some clients may be new to us, or existing clients who already hold BiZZdesign HoriZZon licenses.
How was the initial setup?
I would rate my experience with the initial setup an eight out of ten. The setup process is relatively smooth.
We've only worked with cloud deployments. I'd also rate the cloud setup experience an eight out of ten. We have instructions, user guides, and support details provided. In case something happens, we have contacts to reach out to. However, we haven't tried on-premises deployments.
The deployment time depends on the complexity of the project. For complex projects, it definitely takes a few weeks. There might be dependent tasks involved.
However, most deployments happen within minutes if there are no dependencies. If not, it takes a few hours, maybe three to four, based on any related tasks.
What about the implementation team?
We are the implementors. We implement different solutions for our clients.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
In terms of licensing, my clients take care of everything directly with BiZZdesign. We don't intervene in that process. However, we provide advisory services.
For example, if we determine that additional licenses are needed, we inform the client, and they manage the licensing changes.
In terms of this particular product usage, my clients currently only use per-user licenses.
I would rate the pricing a five out of ten, with ten being expensive. It's not too costly, but not particularly cheap either.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend using this product. However, it depends on the clients we acquire in the future. Not every client needs this type of software. If we encounter clients who aren't using HoriZZon, or are using a different solution, we might recommend this product if it aligns with their interests.
We'd need to understand their current setup, costs, stability requirements, and any challenges they're facing before recommending a switch.
Overall, I would rate the solution a seven out of ten.
I think Bizzdesign is a very helpful tool to work together
What do you like best about the product?
We can collaborate very easily with multilple colleagues.
What do you dislike about the product?
I have to admit that most of the time, it's very slow.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Collabortaing on creating ERD's with the team.
A single stop solution for senior stakeholders who wants to see the organizations design and models
What do you like best about the product?
Super user friendly and great integration with Enterprise Studio. Models generated within a single click.
What do you dislike about the product?
Limited number of features and no customized access to make edits
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Helped me design my entire Enterprise/Business Architecture at a single place. I can build linkages on top of the objects to build my strategies
6 years of BiZZdesign Usage
What do you like best about the product?
Desktop software is stable and offers ever grow set of reporting capbilibites. Licesning for HorriZZons is affordable for large organisations. Scripting language supports customerizations and is useful. Data import capabilities provide strong data enrichment features
What do you dislike about the product?
Legacy data import is nuanced and sometimes not intuative... migrating to API based ServiceNow integration is costly
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Central;ized modelling
Tool itself has all the necessary capabilities
What do you like best about the product?
Bizzdesign has what most of the require features
What do you dislike about the product?
GUI and user accessibility need to improve
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
This tool centralizes the documentation of architecture artifacts and establishes a unified system for all designs.
quite easy to use
What do you like best about the product?
different levels for WIP vs approved vs playground environments
What do you dislike about the product?
Zooming in or out, trying to link a few levels down
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
current state process vs target state process
Great for simple tasks, not so great for complex tasks
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to create valuable, simple architecture views which look good
What do you dislike about the product?
Can be byzantine to understand the various in-depth capabailities and how they are distributed across Enterprise Studo versus Horizzon. Simple version control is a case in point.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Close alignment and relationship management of and between architecture artefacts
A good tool yet complicated to navigate
What do you like best about the product?
Bizzdesign makes creating and visualizing architectures easy. One of the standout features for me is the scripting language. It’s a powerful tool that allows for automation and provides prescriptive guidance on how to use the product in your organization. This has been a big plus in my experience.
What do you dislike about the product?
However, finding designs is a bit of a hassle. It takes time sorting through them. In general while a good tool that integrates easily across the organization, personally I wouldn't say it's much better than Visio.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Enables to both find the application portfolio and create designs required for enterprise needs
Practical Tool for Business Architects
What do you like best about the product?
- Intuitive modelling capabilities
- Personalizable
- Fast and responsive
- Ease of sharing via Horizzon
- Personalizable
- Fast and responsive
- Ease of sharing via Horizzon
What do you dislike about the product?
- "Buttons" in view for filtered view not responsive in Horizzon... I need to select an object and then choose a metric to filter the view by.
- Not clear and easy to use governance process and lack of quality control process (vanilla)
- Dashboard (Kibana) are very complex to implement
- Not clear and easy to use governance process and lack of quality control process (vanilla)
- Dashboard (Kibana) are very complex to implement
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Documenting Business Architecture from Actual to Target Architecture, including Gap analysis and Initiatives Management (Roadmap)
BizzDesign
What do you like best about the product?
Helpful team that responds promptly and is willing to work with us closely
What do you dislike about the product?
Can be a bit slow and clunky at times and customer support is on the other side of the world so time difference can be an issue
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use it regularly for process analysis and they are working on making it easier for us to use comapred to just Architecture teams
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