Five Editions
Dragon1 is an online social networking, business modeling, and diagramming software platform for business professionals.
We offer five editions: Dragon1 CONNECT, Dragon1 PRO, Dragon1 BUSINESS, Dragon1 ENTERPRISE and Dragon1 ACADEMIC.
Below, we'll give you an overview of the similarities and differences between these editions.
Key Benefits
No matter what edition of Dragon1 you use, you will have the following benefits and business outcomes:
Increase of Productivity - you need less time to create more valuable products. You will work more efficiently with Dragon1.
Increase of Reuse - you will reuse data regarding your products and collaborate more because of Dragon1. Your costs and complexity will be reduced.
Increase of Sustainability - you will work online more than ever before, and therefore, you will have less of a need to travel. You will reduce your carbon footprint using Dragon1.
Increase of Risk Control - you will have more updated overviews and insights into dependencies and issues and can monitor and manage them better on Dragon1.
Increase of Joy - Your work will be more fun when using Dragon1 because of its gaming and social networking features.
Key Features
Overall features in every edition
Secure Web Application Suite with Database Repository - Dragon1 consists of a set of web applications that can be accessed only via SSL (your data is always encrypted and secure). Each web application has its own set of functionalities and uses the same account database, so the web applications and users of the web applications can share the data in the account database and collaborate online.
Responsive Design - Dragon1 can be used via any device: Desktop, Laptop, Tablet PC (iPad, etc..), Smartphone (iPhone, etc..), and any browser: Internet Explorer 10+, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera.
Multi Tenancy - Every account (often a separate company) has its database. Every account holds one or more user logins that use the Dragon1 web application to create and manage data in the account database.
Enterprise Collaboration and Role Based Access Control - Users can work as individual or as team on Dragon1. Solitaire or as a group, you can use Dragon1 as an innovation lab to design different versions of an innovative solution and monitor its realization on Dragon1.
Templates and Generation of Visualizations
In every edition, we have a different set of templates to generate a visualization quickly. Below you see some templates, not all, we have put in the editions for you:
Dragon1 CONNECT - Networking features to find connections and create and maintain lists of contacts and their details. Also, you can manage your projects and clients and do sketching.
Dragon1 PRO - The Big Five (Concept Diagrams and Blueprints): Enterprise Architecture Overview, Governance Architecture Overview, Business Architecture Overview, Information Architecture Overview, Technology Architecture Overview.
Other templates are: Process/Application Landscape, Technology Roadmap and Project Landscape Map, Architecture View Layout (Architecture Canvas), Enterprise Architecture Framework, Enterprise Architecture Blueprint, Application Landscape, Business Functions Model, Mood Board, Mind Map, Strategy Map, Infographic, Business Model Canvas, UML Use Case Model, BPMN Process Model, Flowchart Diagram, TOGAF Capability Diagram.
Dragon1 BUSINESS - Animated Enterprise Transformation Roadmap, Animated Enterprise Change Scenario, plus the Dragon1 PRO, for small teams.
Dragon1 ENTERPRISE - Animated Enterprise Transformation Roadmap, Animated Enterprise Change Scenario, plus the Dragon1 PRO, for large enterprises.
Dragon1 ACADEMIC - The Big Five (Concept Diagrams and Blueprints): Enterprise Architecture Overview, Governance Architecture Overview, Business Architecture Overview, Information Architecture Overview, Technology Architecture Overview.
Other templates are: Process/Application Landscape, Technology Roadmap and Project Landscape Map, Architecture View Layout (Architecture Canvas), Enterprise Architecture Framework, Enterprise Architecture Blueprint, Application Landscape and Business Functions Model.
Key features per edition as tool
Below, we have grouped the key features into tools to make a high-level distinction between the editions.
Dragon1 PRO | Dragon1 BUSINESS |
Dragon1 ENTERPRISE | |
Smart SaaS EA Tool | Collaboration Platform for EA | Platform for Enterprise-Wide Transformation and Innovation | |
Online EA Tool, BPMN Tool, Archimate Tool, UML Tool & PM Tool | Online EA Tool, BPMN Tool, Archimate Tool, UML Tool & PM Tool | Online GRC Tool, ITPM Tool, BPA Tool & Scenario Modeling Tool | |
Social Business Networking Platform with profiles, blogs and discussions | Social Business Networking Platform with profiles, blogs and discussions | Social Business Networking Platform with profiles, blogs and discussions | |
Key features per edition per application in detail
We'll now list per Dragon1 web application the key features. Read the details page per edition for more information about features and functionality.
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Dragon1 PRO |
BUSINESS |
ENTERPRISE |
| Digital Workplace |
Dashboard and Task boards |
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| Import |
Import JSON, XML, PowerPoint, Visio and Excel |
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| Enterprise Search |
Google style search, Company style search page, dynamically generated vissalizations |
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| Viewer |
Create Atlases with Pages and place Images & Visualization on pages |
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| Viewer |
Publication of interactive landscapes for communication, feedback, and decision making |
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| Viewer |
Work with popups and indicators |
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real-time (non)present indicator |
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| Architecture Repository |
Registration & cataloging data on the desired level of detail |
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| Architecture Repository |
Define your own vector shapes |
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| Architecture Repository |
Define Entity Classes |
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| Architecture Repository |
Define your own entity attributes |
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| Visual Designer |
Generate, analyze and customize landscapes to your desired situation |
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| Visual Designer |
Create visualizations of Views and Perspectives based on models and meta models |
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| Visual Designer |
Work with frames and layers |
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| Visual Designer |
Work with patterns |
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| Visual Designer |
Work with scenarios and storyboards |
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| Data Dashboard |
Manage over 70 object types / entity classes |
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| Resource Center |
Work with one single published source of strategic Information and architecture documentation |
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| Resource Center |
DMS / Version control (dropdown link versions) |
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| Resource Center |
Check In and Check out of documents |
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| Application Manager |
Maintain settings of all applications |
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| Application Manager |
Create your own skins |
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| Management Dashboard |
Define widgets (gauges, charts) and compose your Dashboard with them. |
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| Business Analyzer |
Define and create reports (text/html/pdf) |
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| Architecture Checker |
Identify/search for the presence of usage of principles and elements in architecture data. |
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Do the Demos
Our latest feature is creating EA products by importing data from an Excel sheet into the Viewer. Try it yourself with the Templates, Charts and Maps demos.