“Epically” kickstart your project: using draw.io in Jira
Reading Time: 9 minThis blog post shows how to use draw.io if you are only using Jira. If you are using both Jira AND Confluence, and do much of your project strategy mapping and setup in Confluence,...
View ArticleVisualize your project structure in Jira, the Smart way
Reading Time: 14 minThis blog post shows how to use draw.io if you are only using Jira. If you are using both Jira AND Confluence, and do much of your project strategy mapping and setup in Confluence,...
View ArticleGoing retro: facilitating Sprint retrospectives in Confluence and Jira
Reading Time: 10 minA quick recap In the last blog article, our fictional Sketch Team experimented with Smart Templates to generate custom diagrams that visualize key processes within their AI-driven...
View ArticleSpeeding tickets: optimize support in Jira Service Management using flowcharts
Reading Time: 16 minThis blog post shows how to use draw.io if you are only using Jira. If you are using both Jira AND Confluence, and do much of your project strategy mapping and setup in Confluence,...
View ArticleA comparison of draw.io and Visio
Reading Time: 8 mindraw.io in Confluence: your integrated diagramming tool If you are a Confluence or Jira user currently using Visio, draw.io offers a fully integrated solution for you and your teams’...
View ArticleEasy on the eyes: dark mode in draw.io
Reading Time: 8 minVisualize everything, your way Customization is at the core of draw.io, and dark mode forms a key part of this. Just as visualization is paramount for presenting complex information...
View ArticleConfluence, Jira, and draw.io: the ultimate student toolkit
Reading Time: 23 minFrom cramming to coffee: student life At draw.io, we’ve all been there: heavy workloads, complex coursework, the tight deadlines. The pain of being a student is real! In this blog,...
View ArticleThe student’s guide to group project greatness, with draw.io
Reading Time: 16 minIn our last blogpost, we looked at the software tools Confluence and Jira, and how using draw.io within these can vastly improve academic life. Specifically, these three tools...
View ArticleVisualizing an A+: diagrams for note-taking and exam prep with draw.io and...
Reading Time: 14 minDon’t panic! It’s two weeks before your exam. You’re staring at all the words on a page, but the ideas just aren’t going into the ol’ noggin. The sense of dread starts to creep in....
View ArticleLet your ideas flow with draw.io: designing a scientific experiment
Reading Time: 17 minEffective collaboration – it’s not rocket science! Collaboration is the beating heart of science. For many teachers and professors in the sciences, one key component requiring...
View ArticleDon’t short circuit: use draw.io for your electrical diagrams
Reading Time: 18 minWhen we think of creating technical diagrams with draw.io, the first ones that spring to mind are UML, BPMN, and ERD. But what about electrical diagrams to represent systems and...
View Article3 diagrams every computer science student should know
Reading Time: 18 minLooking beyond the code As a computer science major, you’ll be introduced to a vast number of diagrams, and you’ll quickly learn that designing and defining systems requires strong...
View Article2 diagrams every business major should know
Reading Time: 20 minGetting down to brass tacks The corporate world revolves around business diagrams. These diagrams can be the deciding factor on whether a project goes ahead, or if your audience has...
View ArticleEat the elephant: breaking down ideas for your final dissertation/ thesis
Reading Time: 17 minMake it a masterpiece Your dissertation or thesis is your academic masterpiece. It is your chance to deep dive into a topic of your interest and showcase what you’ve learned....
View ArticleHow to build a circular organizational chart in draw.io
Reading Time: 16 minKeep everything peachy keen We’ve all seen the traditional hierarchical organizational (org) chart with the bigwigs at the top, and the different role levels with decreasing...
View ArticleMy house is your house: invite guests to use draw.io with you in Confluence...
Reading Time: 8 minHospitality works globally. My house is your house, mi casa es su casa, ma maison est ta maison… you could go on forever. In a business environment, hospitality can mean...
View ArticleSignifying associative entities in draw.io
Reading Time: 9 minConnections hold together what belongs together. Connections show sequences, or draw your attention to essential steps in a given process. But even more importantly, they can also...
View ArticleImprove planning with driver diagrams; an example from healthcare
Reading Time: 22 minDriving positive change For administrators, improvement teams, and medical professionals in general, identifying an improvement goal and all the factors that will positively...
View ArticleVisualizing healthcare processes with draw.io and Confluence
Reading Time: 14 minDitch the autopilot You might have driven home on more than one occasion after work, only to experience a strange sensation: you’ve gotten home, but you don’t actually remember the...
View Article3 tips to improve patient workflows with draw.io
Reading Time: 18 minOptimizing your patient workflows If you’ve been working with the same patient workflows for a while, consider: when was the last time you reflected on them? Are they still meeting...
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