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# Enterprise Architect Reviews
**Vendor:** Sparx Systems  
**Category:** [Systems Engineering &amp; MBSE Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/systems-engineering-and-mbse)  
**Average Rating:** 4.1/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 24
## About Enterprise Architect
Enterprise Architect is a visual platform for designing and constructing software systems, for business process modeling, and for more generalized modeling purposes. Enterprise Architect is based on the latest UML® 2.5 specification. UML defines a visual language that is used to model a particular domain or system (either proposed or existing). Enterprise Architect is a progressive tool that covers all aspects of the development cycle, providing full traceability from the initial design phase through to deployment, maintenance, testing and change control.




## Enterprise Architect Reviews
  ### 1. Software for software modelling

**Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 19, 2018

**What do you like best about Enterprise Architect?**

With Enterprise Architect you can do a variety of diagrams to represent a software application, such as class diagram or flow diagram.
It is relatively easy to use and diagrams can be exported too, which makes it very convenient for documentation purposes.

**What do you dislike about Enterprise Architect?**

Cumbersome to use. Some options, diagrams or decorators are kind of hidden below layers of options. 
It is not very visually attractive and gives the impression of an old-fashion software.

**What problems is Enterprise Architect solving and how is that benefiting you?**

It is useful for system analysis and when documenting  software, as it lets you create your diagrams that can be easily exported and included in the related documentation. I used it extensively when analyzing systems for future implementation.

  ### 2. Enterprise Architect suits small groups

**Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** January 25, 2018

**What do you like best about Enterprise Architect?**

All in one place feature is very good. Ranging from Design models, Database design, User stories to Test Scenarios

**What do you dislike about Enterprise Architect?**

UI is very old fashioned and not intuitive. Needs to get a big change for user experience. The folder structures are too  native and becomes cumbersome searching. The querying of records is so obsolete, in this era of click and slice and dice which makes this product a bit saggy to consider. However it is stable and tough with respect to handling users.

**Recommendations to others considering Enterprise Architect:**

I would recommend EA for small groups or projects due to its UI and building structure. The folder levels are bit complicated, but very heirarchical. If you are a larger group, say more than 50 members in one assignment, better to go for IBM Rational Architect. EA works perfectly for in house projects and clients who are mostly the Product Owners and need product review quickly and with shorter teams.

**What problems is Enterprise Architect solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Development to testing of Applications. 
Benefits:
1. Best to collate all information in single tool
2. Updating one entity refreshes all other connected
3. All users can colloborate using same shared space
4. Project specific diagrams are cool for client presentations
5. Makes it very easy for Design meetings where everyone can contribute and review and come to an approach pretty fast
6. EA is perfect for small teams which can visualize rather quickly an end to end business/technical scenario which makes it easy for sprints

  ### 3. Good

**Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Banking | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** July 19, 2018

**What do you like best about Enterprise Architect?**

The ability to create diagrams easily and qucikly

**What do you dislike about Enterprise Architect?**

confusing to use at first but understood after using it for a few days.

**What problems is Enterprise Architect solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Completing projects and using to organize


## Enterprise Architect Discussions
  - [What does Enterprise Architect do?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-does-enterprise-architect-do)
  - [What are the six basic elements of enterprise architecture?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-six-basic-elements-of-enterprise-architecture)
  - [What does enterprise architect software do?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-does-enterprise-architect-software-do)
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## Enterprise Architect Features
**Systems Modeling**
- Systems Modeling Language (SysML)
- Unified Modeling Language (UML)
- Model Based testing
- Graphical programming
- Drag and Drop

**Requirements Authoring and Structure - Requirements Management**
- Structured Requirements Authoring
- Hierarchical Requirements Organization

**Compliance and Governance - Requirement Management**
- Regulated Industry Standards Support

**Administration**
- Requirements Listing
- Centralized Information
- Traceability

**Requirements**
- Requirements traceablity
- Requirements analysis
- Requirements priortization

**Collaboration and Review - Requirements Management**
- Review and Approval Workflows
- Role-Based Access Control

**Communication**
- Stakeholder Communication
- Internal Communication Enablement

**Collaboration**
- Distributed use
- Stakeholder collaboration

**Role-Based Access Co - Requirements Management**
- Baselining

**Procedural**
- Automated Creation & Testing

**Debugging**
- Automatic error list
- Breakpoints

**Traceability - Requirements Management**
- Bidirectional Traceability
- Impact Analysis
- Traceability Matrix Generation

**AI Traceability - Requirements Management**
- Suspect Link Detection

**Integration - Requirements Management**
- ALM and Project Management Tool Integration

**Change Management and Version Control - Requirements Management**
- Complete Audit Trail

**Additional Functionality**
- Document Management
- Requirements Review
- Data Visualization
- File Management
- Stakeholder Defined Attributes
- AI Copilot
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Lifecycle Management
- Document Storage
- Communication Management
- Compliance Management
- Application Management
- Collaboration Tools
- Real-Time Data
- Version Control
- Status Tracking
- Commenting/Notes
- Customizable Fields
- Task Progress Tracking
- Projections
- Real-Time Updates
- Bug Tracking
- Project Workflow
- Activity Tracking
- Workflow Management
- Prioritization
- Project Tracking
- To-Do List
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Customizable Templates
- Assessment Management
- Generative AI
- Change Management
- Configurable Workflow
- Agile Methodologies
- Customizable Reports
- Reporting/Analytics
- Budgeting/Forecasting
- Third-Party Integrations
- Task Management
- Template Management
- @mentions
- Task Planning
- Drag & Drop
- Progress Tracking
- Project Planning
- Multiple Projects
- Data Import/Export

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