Ep. 4 - How to Select an Architecture Tool

Welcome to episode 4 of the What’s Your Baseline podcast. We are talking about: Types of architecture tools: drawing tools, implementation front ends, database-driven architecture tools How users see things: data-driven visualization vs. visualization-driven data (tables vs diagrams) Focus of architecture tools > niche vendors - your stakeholder needs drive the focus What to look for when selecting tools: How do you get started (personal equipment, existing information, etc.) Selecting the tool - what to look for: modeling, dashboards, wiki, data ingestion + insights Functionalities of architecture tools Deployment and cost People Non-functional criteria (vendor, community, change readiness, etc.) Please reach out to us by either sending an email to [email protected], or leaving us a voice message by clicking here. The  full show notes, including graphics, further links, credits, and transcript, are available at whatsyourbaseline.com/episode4.