IT and Engineering

A compliance audit is a formal external review of an organization’s operations and procedures to ensure they are following all applicable laws, rules, standards, and regulations. Learn about different types of compliance audits, including HIPAA, GDPR, SOX, and PCI.

You may think that nobody reads technical documentation. But there are many circumstances where network documentation will become essential in your organization. Learn what you should start documenting and what value you’ll gain from these resources.

Planning for change can be a challenge, but with an effective technology roadmap, you can look ahead and determine what technology will be necessary to take your business to the next level. Learn what an IT roadmap should include.

Cost is both a common challenge and benefit to cloud computing. Learn about the true costs of cloud computing and the financial benefits of a cloud migration.

Smart Fields and Smart Tables allow you to populate account and opportunity data from Salesforce in Lucidchart, instantly providing a high-level overview of individual accounts. Learn how these features work and how they can benefit your sales org.

A wireframe is a simple diagram that represents the skeleton of a website or an application’s user interface (UI) and core functionality. Get a more in-depth explanation of what UX wireframes look like and how they can benefit your team.

As you and your team develop an API, use visuals to show how the API functions, making this information more accessible and easier to understand and encouraging collaboration. Learn how to create API diagrams (starting with our free templates).

Many organizations are changing and improving their network infrastructure, and visualizing your network infrastructure can help you better identify weaknesses and places for refinement. Learn how to start network infrastructure mapping and see how Lucidchart can help.

Want to start using UML for technical documentation? This article will introduce (or give you a refresher) on the different UML diagram types, as well as provide UML examples that you can open and edit in Lucidchart.

Want to create an effective website? We'll give you a simple website planning guide and offer some online website planning tools that can help you create a compelling site that will appeal to your customers.

Not sure whether a Scrum board or Kanban board is best to help your development team build and release quality products faster? Learn what a Scrum board is and how it differs from a Kanban board.

Creating a mobile app isn’t easy. But with careful research and planning, you can take your app from idea to launch in just a few months. Use our step-by-step guide to plan your next app project.