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Ask HN: How do you collboratively document data flows and processes?
I'm looking for a tool that will help to document a data flow through an existing software system. I don't just want a diagramming or whiteboard tool, I want something collaborative that can be used by developers, product managers, support and others to collaborate in documenting their particular view of how it works and ultimately arrive at the 'correct' answer. Ideally the result, once ratified, would become the living documentation for the future.
I've used a few tools in the past, but none is ideal. GraphViz is great for data-driven diagrams but not collaborative and not friendly. Google Draw is collaborative but unsystematic.
I'm sure plenty of HNers have approached this kind of task. What tools or processes have you used?
- eecks 8y agoI'd love an answer to this as well
- 4d66ba06 8y agoI'm a fairly new user of it but perhaps https://www.draw.io/ https://www.draw.io/ would be useful (there are desktop clients to in addition to the multi-user edit capable Google Drive hosted option)
- afandian 8y agoThis is really interesting. I'd seen that before, but gave it a closer look just now. It has some very useful features - open source - saves to GitHub for version control and collaboration - magnets / anchors on objects - UML-style library Doesn't look like you can collaborate concurrently though?
- vaggdan 8y ago+1 for draw.io, easy to use, it also has Jira and G suite integrations which make sharing across the team a piece of cake!