Office Visio Professional 2007 makes it easy for IT and business professionals to visualize, analyze and communicate complex information, systems and processes with clear, compelling diagrams. By using Office Visio 2007, people can easily visualize information from multiple data sources to better understand the current state of systems and processes, analyze information visually to highlight key trends and exceptions, and share diagrams broadly for effective and efficient decision-making.

Office Visio Professional 2007

Professionals in IT, engineering, and software development benefit from the diagramming solutions targeted toward those specific domain needs in Office Visio Professional 2007. Business professionals who want to link any diagram to business data can also benefit from the new Data Link functionality in Office Visio Professional 2007.

Office Visio Professional 2007 includes all of the business diagramming tools included in Office Visio Standard 2007, plus additional comprehensive technical solutions and advanced functionality. Use Office Visio Professional 2007 to create high-value diagrams by using features, templates, and solutions such as:

– Data Link and Data Graphics functionality. Integrate data with diagrams to combine disparate sources of complex visual, textual, and numeric information in order to provide visual context for data and create a complete picture of a system, resource, or process. Display data fields as callouts next to a shape, position fields in boxes below a shape, or show symbols that represent data.
– PivotDiagram template. Visualize and explore your business data in hierarchical form showing data groups and subtotals. Identify the key messages in your data and visually communicate them with others in your organization.
– Value Stream Map template. Create diagrams based on Lean Methodology and visualize manufacturing processes to facilitate efficiency gains.
– Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) template. Diagram IT service processes that conform to ITIL standards.
– Network diagram templates. Diagram logical and physical network diagrams, including rack diagrams.
– Web development templates. Create site maps of existing Web sites using templates and predefined shapes. Generate reports of site links, including broken links, or use reporting tools to identify changes in a site since it was last diagrammed.
– Software development templates. Diagram custom software solutions using the Microsoft Windows XP User Interface template, Unified Modeling Language (UML) template, and more.
– Architectural plans, engineering schematics, facilities management, and database modeling. Create various technical diagrams, such as floor, space, and site plans; engineering schematics; facilities management diagrams; database models; and many more. Office Visio Professional 2007 even includes functionality that enables you to reverse-engineer database models and software solutions.