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Types of Flowcharts

Planning a New Project | Basic Process Flowchart


One of the most frequent uses of flowcharts is to map out a
new project. Engineers and software designers often use
flowcharts for this purpose, but others may find them useful,
as well. They are particularly helpful when the project will
involve a sequence of steps that involve decisions. Here's a
basic flowchart that shows this:
Types of flowchart
– Documenting a Process Across Functional Groups | What is a Swimlane Flowchart
– Businesses often have internal or external requirements for process documentation. Flowcharts are an excellent tool for these purposes.
From standards reporting to complying with government regulations, using a flowchart can be much more efficient than a written
narrative.

– Here are some examples of external pressures that require process documentation:

– BPM Automation: Documenting processes is a prerequisite for automated BPM (Business Process Management).
– ERP: Documenting processes is required as part of an Enterprise Resource Planning implementation.
– Company Sale: Documenting processes is an important preparation when positioning a company for eventual sale.
– Compliance: Various legislation and regulatory bodies, like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Joint Commission, for example, often require
extensive process documentation.
– Customers: Some customers may require ISO or other quality certifications as a prerequisite for doing business.
– There may also be internal reasons for using flowcharts to document processes.
– Flexibility: Both new and existing employees can immediately learn the right
way to perform any job.
– Quality: If everyone on the team performs a job in the same way each time, the
outcome is predictable and consistent.
– Visibility: Management can see exactly how each job is meant to be performed.
– Process Improvement: You can't improve the way your organization gets its
work done unless you know how it's being done now.
A basic flowchart will often suffice for process
documentation. However, in cases where
processes have multiple stages, work across
departments, or have other separated
categories a swimlane flowchart or cross-
functional flowchart may be the better choice. It
visually separates the process into separate
categories.
– Managing Workflow | What is a Workflow Process
– Systems for managing workflow are best illustrated using a workflow diagram.
These systems can focus on process integration, human task orientation, or
both. The goal is to create a consistent, quality output based on a standardized
set of procedures. Here is an example of a simple workflow diagram:
Making a Decision | What is a Decision Flowchart
A decision flowchart lets you visualize the options in any important business
decision. Walk through potential outcomes and make sure you consider all the
questions before making a decision.
– "Flow chart" redirects here. For the poem, see Flow Chart (poem). For the music group, see
Flowchart (band).

– A simple flowchart representing a process for dealing with a non-functioning lamp.


– A flowchart is a type of diagram that represents a workflow or process. A flowchart can also
be defined as a diagrammatic representation of an algorithm, a step-by-step approach to
solving a task.

– The flowchart shows the steps as boxes of various kinds, and their order by connecting the
boxes with arrows. This diagrammatic representation illustrates a solution model to a given
problem. Flowcharts are used in analyzing, designing, documenting or managing a process or
program in various fields.[1]
– Contents

– 1 Overview

– 2 History

– 3 Types

– 4 Building blocks

– 4.1 Common symbols

– 4.2 Other symbols

– 4.3 Parallel processing

– 5 Software

– 5.1 Diagramming

– 6 See also

– 6.1 Related diagrams

– 6.2 Related subjects

– 7 References

– 8 Further reading

– 9 External links
– Flowcharts are used in designing and documenting simple processes or programs. Like other types
of diagrams, they help visualize what is going on and thereby help understand a process, and
perhaps also find less-obvious features within the process, like flaws and bottlenecks. There are
different types of flowcharts: each type has its own set of boxes and notations. The two most
common types of boxes in a flowchart are:

– a processing step, usually called activity, and denoted as a rectangular box.


– a decision, usually denoted as a diamond.
– A flowchart is described as "cross-functional" when the chart is divided into different vertical or
horizontal parts, to describe the control of different organizational units. A symbol appearing in a
particular part is within the control of that organizational unit. A cross-functional flowchart allows
the author to correctly locate the responsibility for performing an action or making a decision, and
to show the responsibility of each organizational unit for different parts of a single process.
– Flowcharts depict certain aspects of processes and are usually complemented
by other types of diagram. For instance, Kaoru Ishikawa defined the flowchart
as one of the seven basic tools of quality control, next to the histogram, Pareto
chart, check sheet, control chart, cause-and-effect diagram, and the scatter
diagram. Similarly, in UML, a standard concept-modeling notation used in
software development, the activity diagram, which is a type of flowchart, is just
one of many different diagram types.

– Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams and Drakon-charts are an alternative notation for


process flow.
– Common alternative names include: flow chart, process flowchart, functional
flowchart, process map, process chart, functional process chart, business
process model, process model, process flow diagram, work flow diagram,
business flow diagram. The terms "flowchart" and "flow chart" are used
interchangeably.

– The underlying graph structure of a flowchart is a flow graph, which abstracts


away node types, their contents and other ancillary information.
– ANSI/ISO Shape Name Description
– Flowchart Line.svg Flowline (Arrowhead)[15] Shows the process's order of operation. A line coming from one symbol and pointing at
another.[14] Arrowheads are added if the flow is not the standard top-to-bottom, left-to right.[15]
– Flowchart Terminal.svg Terminal[14] Indicates the beginning and ending of a program or sub-process. Represented as a stadium,[14] oval or
rounded (fillet) rectangle. They usually contain the word "Start" or "End", or another phrase signaling the start or end of a process, such as
"submit inquiry" or "receive product".
– Flowchart Process.svg Process[15] Represents a set of operations that changes value, form, or location of data. Represented as a
rectangle.[15]
– Flowchart Decision.svg Decision[15] Shows a conditional operation that determines which one of the two paths the program will take.[14]
The operation is commonly a yes/no question or true/false test. Represented as a diamond (rhombus).[15]
– Flowchart IO.svg Input/Output[15] Indicates the process of inputting and outputting data,[15] as in entering data or
displaying results. Represented as a parallelogram.[14]
– Flowchart Annotation.svg Annotation[14] (Comment)[15] Indicating additional information about a step in the program. Represented as an open
rectangle with a dashed or solid line connecting it to the corresponding symbol in the flowchart.[15]
– Predefined Process[14] Shows named process which is defined elsewhere.
Represented as a rectangle with double-struck vertical edges.[14]
– Flowchart Connector.svg On-page Connector[14] Pairs of labeled
connectors replace long or confusing lines on a flowchart page. Represented by
a small circle with a letter inside.[14][18]
– Off page connector.pngOff-page Connector[14] A labeled connector for use
when the target is on another page. Represented as a home plate-shaped
pentagon.[14][18]
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