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Miro is the linchpin of our Product/Design teams' communication and documentation
What do you like best about the product?
I love being able to integrate/embed all our platforms in one place, we can include references to online inspiration, Jira tickets, design files, colour palettes, stakeholder documents, you name it - all in the same space that we conduct brainstorming, planning and workshopping.
It's also excellent having a free-form space to get things out of my head and onto a page in whatever way makes sense at the time - be that jotting down bullet points, scribbling out ideas, off-the-cuff diagrams, super quick mind-mapping, sticky notes on mock-ups, or rapid wireframes. I also appreciate the relatively new ability to create a basic kanban board that can then be fleshed out into a full Jira epic/backlog plan without double handling - I can sit in a room with my team and quick-fire create tasks, adding whatever details matter in the moment (due date, assignee, etc), putting them in a kanban format or all over the board, and then convert the tasks into Jira tickets without ever leaving Miro.
Being able to do all of the above concurrently with others (whether in a specific meeting/workshop or not), is excellent, and in fact with offshore teams (that often don't have a shared first language) this is how I've run many rituals such as stand-ups and retros. We meet on the board (with or without the video call functionality turned on) rather than dialling into a VC, which means we can all throw down our thoughts at the same time, and feed back on each others' points asynchronously rather than waiting turns to speak, or needing to interrupt to ask questions.
Within the last few months the Miro team have also added (to the business plans) the ability to have anonymous/unlimited editors, without them needing to have licences/accounts - this has been a huge improvement, as it allows our team to collaborate more on Miro without needing to export for stakeholders or other teams, or have someone transcribe in their feedback to our Miro whiteboards etc.
It's also excellent having a free-form space to get things out of my head and onto a page in whatever way makes sense at the time - be that jotting down bullet points, scribbling out ideas, off-the-cuff diagrams, super quick mind-mapping, sticky notes on mock-ups, or rapid wireframes. I also appreciate the relatively new ability to create a basic kanban board that can then be fleshed out into a full Jira epic/backlog plan without double handling - I can sit in a room with my team and quick-fire create tasks, adding whatever details matter in the moment (due date, assignee, etc), putting them in a kanban format or all over the board, and then convert the tasks into Jira tickets without ever leaving Miro.
Being able to do all of the above concurrently with others (whether in a specific meeting/workshop or not), is excellent, and in fact with offshore teams (that often don't have a shared first language) this is how I've run many rituals such as stand-ups and retros. We meet on the board (with or without the video call functionality turned on) rather than dialling into a VC, which means we can all throw down our thoughts at the same time, and feed back on each others' points asynchronously rather than waiting turns to speak, or needing to interrupt to ask questions.
Within the last few months the Miro team have also added (to the business plans) the ability to have anonymous/unlimited editors, without them needing to have licences/accounts - this has been a huge improvement, as it allows our team to collaborate more on Miro without needing to export for stakeholders or other teams, or have someone transcribe in their feedback to our Miro whiteboards etc.
What do you dislike about the product?
I'd love to get some more interactive integrations - being able to actually view and manipulate (for example) a Figma design file or similar would be stellar. Otherwise, to be honest most of my small gripes have been addressed in updates over the last 6-12 months (such as unlimited Editors, improved handwriting experience, etc.)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are an international organisation, and keeping our teams in different countries connected has always been a challenge. Miro makes it a lot easier, as we can have a persistent communication space that can be accessed and updated independently in any timezone, or collaboratively in real time workshops.
We also find that documentation flows more easily, as people use a Miro whiteboard to initially brainstorm ideas, then also to refine them, workshop them with groups, and break them into tasks - so this process is all on the page for anyone who needs to informally review it throughout, then when it comes time to write up formal documentation everything is already gathered together in one place, making the task much less daunting.
We also find that documentation flows more easily, as people use a Miro whiteboard to initially brainstorm ideas, then also to refine them, workshop them with groups, and break them into tasks - so this process is all on the page for anyone who needs to informally review it throughout, then when it comes time to write up formal documentation everything is already gathered together in one place, making the task much less daunting.
Makes team management easy and meeting fun!
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to create templates that can be shared across the team
What do you dislike about the product?
Doesn't have great integrations with slack. I'd like to be able to quickly send frames to slack channels (Ex. Meeting recap frame)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Making team meetings fun and creating a clear long term picture for our company
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you use a whiteboard, need to create a plan for your team, or make meetings fun again, Miro is a must.
Amazing software!
What do you like best about the product?
It is an infinite whiteboard! You can do whatever you can imagine. I am a very visual learner and it helps me to see all of my ideas and concepts laid out on a digital whiteboard. It is like visualizing my entire brain. I use it as a brain dump when I have too much going on inside my mind. I also use it extensively for teamwork. It is especially good with real time projects.
What do you dislike about the product?
A bit slow and performance drain. I wish it had better performance. Just now I was checking which applications used how much resources and the desktop Miro app for mac used almost an entire gig of ram. It can also be very sluggish when loading new boards for the first time.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am trying to stay organized, to brainstorm, to think carefully.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Definitely give it a try. It makes you faster, smarter, more organized!
Irreplaceable asset for innovation consultants
What do you like best about the product?
Workshop pre and post data collection and synthesis are a breeze, especially for team members not on the project or not in the workshop. We used to lose a lot of our "paper data" on the way back from workshops.
The ability to create an essentially limitless whiteboarding space is irreplaceable for consultants. It makes us appear as cutting edge and tech-savvy while maintaining that scrappy-innovative look.
clients have commented that the amount of content we are able to collect on Miro would likely take up their entire office space. We're performing and executing better work AND saving our clients money.
The ability to create an essentially limitless whiteboarding space is irreplaceable for consultants. It makes us appear as cutting edge and tech-savvy while maintaining that scrappy-innovative look.
clients have commented that the amount of content we are able to collect on Miro would likely take up their entire office space. We're performing and executing better work AND saving our clients money.
What do you dislike about the product?
There's a learning curve. Definitely-- especially with our ~older~ audience. It takes them longer to pick it up. However, Millenials and Gen-Zs pick it up like second-nature. This is not necessarily a bad thing (again-- it's scrappy-innovator-esque and not everyone can pull that off).
That said, there definitely needs to be onboarding and training provided-- if it were built into the MIRO paid plan that would be very helpful.
Additionally, there are some features that I believe should be accessible to free users like downloading board images.
That said, there definitely needs to be onboarding and training provided-- if it were built into the MIRO paid plan that would be very helpful.
Additionally, there are some features that I believe should be accessible to free users like downloading board images.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We run the gamut with our consulting group-- we focus, though, on people, process, and place oriented problems. Miro is usually used for collecting qualitative data for us-- though we know quantitative can work in Miro too.
It is a super easy tool to integrate with any design thinking exercise. I used it in Design Thinking School as well.
It is a super easy tool to integrate with any design thinking exercise. I used it in Design Thinking School as well.
Miro has enabled us to run remote brainstorming sessions, which is helpful during these times.
What do you like best about the product?
I like its real-time collaboration features. For instance, in our agile team, we can host our ceremonies on Miro (i.e. story-pointing exercises, kanban boards, etc.) I've also found it helpful for card sorting and design thinking sessions to gain insights on taxonomies and site navigation.
What do you dislike about the product?
In all honesty, there's little I dislike. There's a slight learning curve to using Miro if you haven't used it or similar applications before, but Miro does a good job of walking you through the interface and different functionality.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Working with fully remote teams and getting stakeholder feedback and alignment when it comes to design direction can be challenging when only relying on video conferencing applications. With Miro, there's an interface where everyone actively participates, making it both practical and engaging.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I'd recommend exploring Miro and all it has to offer. There's a ton of stuff that can be really useful if you're aware of them beforehand.
Miro gives you the power to focus on your challenge, brainstorm to collaborate and jump forward.
What do you like best about the product?
Miro provides a canvas for quickly visualizing challenges, brainstorm ideas, and work with teams to capture, illustrate, document, and jump forward on a project. As a designer, I love that miro does not get in the way, it provides a simple way to grab assets onto a board, add comments, stickies, draw on top of to quickly capture an idea and then share, download or invite a team to view, contribute or provide feedback. I can share a link with a team member and they are able to jump in via a browser, the app, or on a mobile device.
What do you dislike about the product?
When you first jump in, the double click or triple-click that is required to select or switch to an editing mode.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Everything!
Quickly brainstorming a new concept.
Capturing notes during a brainstorming session.
Reviewing concepts and options.
Facilitating design team activities.
Working thru a challenge or idea.
Quickly brainstorming a new concept.
Capturing notes during a brainstorming session.
Reviewing concepts and options.
Facilitating design team activities.
Working thru a challenge or idea.
Virtual facilitation without boundaries
What do you like best about the product?
The diverse range of shape tools, icon libraries, video embed options, presentation and facilitation functions make this such a versatile platform. The tool is deep for a workshop facilitator while also being simple enough for the basic first-time uses. The ability to share boards and create co-creation spaces has been a game-changer during COVID and fast-followers like Microsoft have a long way to come to cover this gap.
What do you dislike about the product?
On occasion, performance has been sluggish but this has been improved lately. The lack of public/annonymous boards was an issue before but is now made available. I look forward to the ability to force password use on public boards going forward as a company admin for cyber risk protection. Archiving and board organisation capabilities are limited. Slightly complicated enterprise pricing plan with lacking usage analytics tools.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Workshop facilitation was a real challenge before. Miro makes it possible to make space and visualise any conversation.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Consider how you will organise, distribute accountability for administration and archive your documentation as part of your roll-out plans. This has been something we have had to come back to retrospectively to ensure sustainability of our use of the platform.
Miro is a life saver during the virtual collaboration revolution
What do you like best about the product?
I like the very user friendly interface, the good performance even over low bandwidth links, and also the live collaboration of all team members that actually wouldn't be possible on a real life whiteboard or flip chart.
What do you dislike about the product?
I've been using Miro for three months now and i can't think's of a down side so far.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Miro is definitely helping to collaborate and brainstorm with the team virtually and the good thing is that what we come up with remains there, so we don't have to take photo shots of the whiteboard or take a flip chart with us from a meeting room
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would recommend that users start with the simple features like brainstorming or collaboratively using sticky notes instead of trying with complex advanced templates that might frustrate them. I also strongly recommend registering for one of Miro's live webinars and checkout the different courses on Miro's academy.
Don't try to use all the stencils and tools from the left tool bar all at once from day one, but rather start with a simple canvas and then enhance it as you get more familiar with Miro and its features.
Try to share your Miro experience with your peers and colleagues within your organization and also it's very important to ask for their feedback and knowledge sharing to be able to fully utilize Miro in the right way and for the best purpose that will make everyone's life easier in the organization especially during the new norm and the virtual office life we are all living nowadays.
I would also try to integrate Miro with Microsoft Teams to receive live updates about your board within your Microsoft Teams team space or channel, as it's important to share with the team that you have done an update to the board instead of waiting for them to manually go and check it out
Don't try to use all the stencils and tools from the left tool bar all at once from day one, but rather start with a simple canvas and then enhance it as you get more familiar with Miro and its features.
Try to share your Miro experience with your peers and colleagues within your organization and also it's very important to ask for their feedback and knowledge sharing to be able to fully utilize Miro in the right way and for the best purpose that will make everyone's life easier in the organization especially during the new norm and the virtual office life we are all living nowadays.
I would also try to integrate Miro with Microsoft Teams to receive live updates about your board within your Microsoft Teams team space or channel, as it's important to share with the team that you have done an update to the board instead of waiting for them to manually go and check it out
Love it since the early adoption
What do you like best about the product?
I am the early adopter of this lovely product since the early days of realtimeboard.
I really appreciate the amazing working with colleagues
- live and smooth collaboration which assisted so many of our meetings
- rich templates and resources (the universe is excellent)
- easy edit and diagramming
- the organization about postit (batch and align etc.)
- it makes upload and display multiple format of the files easily
- power for the remote presentation
I really appreciate the amazing working with colleagues
- live and smooth collaboration which assisted so many of our meetings
- rich templates and resources (the universe is excellent)
- easy edit and diagramming
- the organization about postit (batch and align etc.)
- it makes upload and display multiple format of the files easily
- power for the remote presentation
What do you dislike about the product?
- color limitation
- the mind map adjust is very limited (line weight, color fill) which causes me to use other alternative for mindmap
- as the board grows, sometime I really need custmized colors and also our brand colors!
- notes feature could be improved with sections, and dates
- why the blank artboard is always transparent??
- iPad drawing should really copy the gestures from Procreate.
- Soooooo frustrated with the unwanted selection
- zoom in and out the bad display of the artboard name (please do exact with Figma)
- font in the postit has limited size. (NOT enough for power users)
- lack of shortcuts (zooming to the object)
- Cmd +D won't duplicate object as in Illustrator or Figma
- the floating menu by selecting the object sometimes block other objects.
- please allow me to click user's portrait and zoom to his/her view
- wish to change the thumbnail image for the hyperlink
- hard to search in the canvas
- no ways to hide the comment icons on the canvas
- lack of up to date wireframe mocks
- would be nice to improve the richness of icon set
I can still write a lot since I am a huge fan :D
- the mind map adjust is very limited (line weight, color fill) which causes me to use other alternative for mindmap
- as the board grows, sometime I really need custmized colors and also our brand colors!
- notes feature could be improved with sections, and dates
- why the blank artboard is always transparent??
- iPad drawing should really copy the gestures from Procreate.
- Soooooo frustrated with the unwanted selection
- zoom in and out the bad display of the artboard name (please do exact with Figma)
- font in the postit has limited size. (NOT enough for power users)
- lack of shortcuts (zooming to the object)
- Cmd +D won't duplicate object as in Illustrator or Figma
- the floating menu by selecting the object sometimes block other objects.
- please allow me to click user's portrait and zoom to his/her view
- wish to change the thumbnail image for the hyperlink
- hard to search in the canvas
- no ways to hide the comment icons on the canvas
- lack of up to date wireframe mocks
- would be nice to improve the richness of icon set
I can still write a lot since I am a huge fan :D
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Problem
- design challenge for job interview
- startup knowledge collection
- workshop and sprint
- product vision and alignment workshop etc.
Benefits
- the expansion and exploration of knowledge that strongly related to tech
- easy to create moodboard
- easy to lead workshop
- design challenge for job interview
- startup knowledge collection
- workshop and sprint
- product vision and alignment workshop etc.
Benefits
- the expansion and exploration of knowledge that strongly related to tech
- easy to create moodboard
- easy to lead workshop
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you want to have a collaborative canvas to work together with others, Miro is top 1 choice at the moment without doubt.
A great whiteboarding tool for remote teams
What do you like best about the product?
Simple and effective tool. Part of what makes it such a good tool is down to how collaborative of a tool it is to use. for example; i work in a completely remote team in a different country to everyone else. Using this tool it has allowed me the opportunity to use it for retro sessions and we can all put down our thoughts on a post-it and collaborate in real time with what we're thinking and run through details (like in real life).
Having that ability to spread work across a giant page with many different coloured post-its and also using the countdown timer is great as it keeps discussions concise which is exactly what we want.
ability to vote on post-its.
Having that ability to spread work across a giant page with many different coloured post-its and also using the countdown timer is great as it keeps discussions concise which is exactly what we want.
ability to vote on post-its.
What do you dislike about the product?
A minor thing that Miro could do better is to have a much wider breadth of shapes that make it better for process mapping (though thats not its intended use) ; so that that it has more uses and can really become an all in one product
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Main benefit is the possibility of collaboration whilst everyone is working remotely. As mentioned above; as a team we wouldnt have been able to have work in this way during COVID times if we didnt have this product available.
Additional problems it solves when its being used correctly, are things like facilitating meetings effectively; giving people a chance to vote on ideas and share ideas in such a way that we wouldnt have before (particularly when we are being forced to do workshops remotely).
Personally i would be surprised if most remote teams werent using this or something similar
Additional problems it solves when its being used correctly, are things like facilitating meetings effectively; giving people a chance to vote on ideas and share ideas in such a way that we wouldnt have before (particularly when we are being forced to do workshops remotely).
Personally i would be surprised if most remote teams werent using this or something similar
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Think about what your hoping to get out of a whiteboarding tool. Do you already have a good idea with what you want to achieve if you are using Miro? Ok good then time to get whiteboarding and collaborating in real time
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