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We've had the unfortunate experience of working for employers who did not clearly define their business processes. The consequences of this are numerous: training is a nightmare, important tasks fall through the cracks, nothing gets documented, efficiency suffers, and employees are frustrated. Creating flowcharts that clearly illustrate your business's processes can save a lot of time, money, and headaches. Bizagi Process Modeler makes it easy to create attractive flowcharts that outline every aspect of your business.
The program's interface is sleek, resembling recent versions of Microsoft Office products. There are tabbed menus across the top and an object palette down the left side. Users create flowcharts by dragging and dropping tasks, events, gateways, and other objects and connecting them with different kinds of lines. The chart can be divided into "lanes" that represent different parties, such as employees and supervisors or multiple businesses. We liked that the program has plenty of options for importing and exporting; charts can be exported as images, Word documents, PDF files, Visio files, and XPDL files and imported from Visio and XPDL. Although the drag-and-drop functionality makes the program fairly easy to operate, we do wish that Bizagi Process Modeler came with a traditional Help file. Mouse-over tool tips depend too much on jargon, and online video tutorials are helpful but move a bit too fast and don't provide enough definitions. There is quite a bit of online documentation--if you take the time to find it--but users will likely have to do quite a bit of digging to find answers to their questions. Overall, though, we found Bizagi Process Modeler to be relatively easy to use, and the resulting charts were clear and attractive.
Bizagi Process Modeler installs a desktop icon without asking but uninstalls cleanly. We recommend this program to all users.
Publisher's Description
From BizAgi:
Bizagi BPMN Process Modeler is a free and easy-to-use process modeling software product that helps business people design and document their business processes. Start now with Bizagi Process Modeler AT NO COST! It is a freeware. With over 2 million downloads, Bizagi Process Modeler is arguably the most widely used BPMN process modelling and documentation tool in the world. Make BPMN process diagrams, generate great process documentation (Word, PDF, Web), collaborate with your team in the cloud or on-premise, and much more. The first step to improve operational efficiency in your organization is to define its processes. Bizagi BPM Process Modeler enables you to diagram and document your processes in a quick and easy way. Bizagi BPM Process Modeler is a freeware application that you can download from the Internet and use in a desktop or portable computer. It is very easy to use; in a matter of minutes you will be able to begin defining your processes and collaborate with other people in your organization.
What's new in this version: Rich text formatting. Spell checker. Set default font and element size. Smart alignment for new Pools and Message flows.
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"Excellent Freeware Program"
Version: Bizagi Process Modeler 2.2
Pros
Freeware and completely functionality.
I recommend this software in a 100 percent.
Thank you very much for this softwareCons
Nothing for the moment
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"Infuriating. Doesn't work"
Version: Bizagi Process Modeler 1.5.1
Pros
It's free.
Cons
Simply doesn't work properly.
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"excellent tool best fress version out there"
Version: Bizagi Process Modeler 1.5
Pros
tool is well thought out & easy to implement BPM
Cons
better if you could download training
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"Nice alternative to Visio and other flowcharting tools."
Version: Bizagi Process Modeler 1.4
Pros
Innovative
Cons
captioning could be better when first learning ...without burying oneself in pdf tutorial.
Summary
will be a great alternative to early Visio users
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"Superb tool, free to use, BPMN compliant"
Version: Bizagi Process Modeler 1.4
Pros
Ease of use for basic to advanced modelling, clear flows and process images
Cons
Some improvements or clarification needed for processes across swim lanes
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"Excelente Programa"
Version: Bizagi Process Modeler 1.1
Pros
El software es simple, e intuitivo, fácil de utilizar, muy completo.
La parte de documentación esta muy buena.
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"Don't even waste your time."
Version: Bizagi Process Modeler 1.1
Pros
It seems to be friendly. Easy to understand.
Cons
I downloaded it and spend 5 hours working on my first project. I was sure to save my project every 10 minutes, just in case...
Well, suddently, the software crashed. No a big deal, right? THink twice. Wen I tried to open the saved project, a get the message "error loading model". All my time was wasted.
Stay away from this. My wasn't even a complex process. Still, it crash.
Other things: The undo button does not work. It undo things only partially.
Do not waste your time.
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"The Best BPMN Modeler"
Version: Bizagi Process Modeler 1
Pros
This is the first of the free modelers that offers features that make me replace Visio for process modeling.
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"A tour de force!"
Version: Bizagi Process Modeler 1
Pros
Simple, elegant and powerful!
Cons
Import functionality has to be extended in order to throw old software away
