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Basic Flowchart Symbols and Meaning

Flowcharts are the best for visually representation the business processes and the flow of a custom-order process through various departments within an organization. ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with Flowcharts solution offers the full set of predesigned basic flowchart symbols which are gathered at two libraries: Flowchart and Flowcharts Rapid Draw. Among them are: process, terminator, decision, data, document, display, manual loop, and many other specific symbols. The meaning for each symbol offered by ConceptDraw gives the presentation about their proposed use in professional Flowcharts for business and technical processes, software algorithms, well-developed structures of web sites, Workflow diagrams, Process flow diagram and correlation in developing on-line instructional projects or business process system. Use of ready flow chart symbols in diagrams is incredibly useful - you need simply drag desired from the libraries to your document and arrange them in required order. There are a few serious alternatives to Visio for Mac, one of them is ConceptDraw PRO. It is one of the main contender with the most similar features and capabilities.
How to Build a Flowchart
How to Build a Flowchart

Flowchart on Bank. Flowchart Examples

This sample was created in ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software using the Flowcharts solution from the Diagrams area of ConceptDraw Solution Park. This sample shows the Flowchart of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis. This Flowchart describes the decline in housing prices when the housing bubble burst and what it caused on the housing and financial markets. You can also see the Government and Industry responses in this crisis situation.
Create Flowchart on Bank
Create Flowchart on Bank

Types of Flowcharts

A Flowchart is a graphical representation of process, algorithm, workflow or step-by-step solution of the problem. It shows the steps as boxes of various kinds and connects them by arrows in a defined order depicting a flow. There are twelve main Flowchart types: Basic Flowchart, Business Process Modeling Diagram (BPMN), Cross Functional Flowchart, Data Flow Diagram (DFD), IDEF (Integrated DEFinition) Flowchart, Event-driven Process Chain (EPC) Diagram, Influence Diagram (ID), Swimlane Flowchart, Process Flow Diagram (PFD), Specification and Description Language (SDL) Diagram, Value Stream Mapping, Workflow Diagram. Using the Flowcharts solution from the Diagrams area of ConceptDraw Solution Park you can easy and quickly design a Flowchart of any of these types. This solution offers a lot of special predesigned vector symbols for each of these widely used notations. They will make the drawing process of Flowcharts much easier than ever. Pay also attention for the included collection of ready Flowchart examples, samples and quick-start templates. This is business process improvement tools. If you are looking for MS Visio for your Mac, then you are out of luck, because it hasn't been released yet. However, you can use Visio alternatives that can successfully replace its functions. ConceptDraw PRO is an alternative to MS Visio for Mac that provides powerful features and intuitive user interface for the same.
How to Simplify Flow Charting
How to Simplify Flow Charting

file exchange, mind map, mindmap, mindmapping, project, skype presentation, import, export, data exchange, file exchange, open file, XMind, FreeMind, OPML, Mindjet, Mindmanager, Mindjet Mindmanager, mindjet mindmanager pro 7, mindjet mindmanager 2012 Mind Map Exchange

file exchange, mind map, mindmap, mindmapping, project, skype presentation, import, export, data exchange, file exchange, open file, XMind, FreeMind, OPML, Mindjet, Mindmanager, Mindjet Mindmanager, mindjet mindmanager pro 7, mindjet mindmanager 2012
This solution extends ConceptDraw MINDMAP software with the ability to easily exchange mind maps with a large variety of other mind mapping applications.

In searching of alternative to MS Visio for MAC and PC with ConceptDraw PRO

Undoubtedly MS Visio is a powerful and multifunctional tool, but however at times occur the instances, when it turns unable of meeting certain users' requirements. At this cases you may need to use an alternative program software, preferably it will be simple, convenient, and at the same time powerful and professional. In searching the alternative to MS Visio for MAC and PC we recommend you to pay attention for ConceptDraw PRO software, which was developed to satisfy all your drawing needs and requirements. It is a fully-functioned alternative product to MS Visio for both platforms. ConceptDraw PRO software has many advantages, the main among them are the cross-platform compatibility, a reasonable price, widespread ConceptDraw Solution Park with huge variety of different solutions that offer numerous libraries of specialized vector objects, useful examples, samples, and quick-start templates, extensive import / export capabilities, built-in script language, MS Visio support and certainly free technical support.

Evernote, mindmap, mind map, mindmapping tools Note Exchange

Evernote, mindmap, mind map, mindmapping tools
This solution extends ConceptDraw MINDMAP software with the ability to exchange with Evernote, and access mind maps anywhere, on any computer or mobile device via Evernote.

project,  project management, planning, project changes, solution park PM Response

project,  project management, planning, project changes, solution park
The PM Response solution extends the functional abilities in project management for all three ConceptDraw products by helping to improve the response time to project changes, to plan on how to effectively respond on issues and events impacting the project. It supplies the project managers, team leaders, and all other project participants with wide abilities of iteration planning, creative collaboration, effective decision-making, discussions of the project layout approaches and solving the project challenges, lets them use mind mapping technique for iteration planning and applying the project changes, to represent the projects data as Mind Maps and use them to construct the clear plans, to convert project maps to project implementations, to use different kinds of Visual diagrams to solve the current project problems and to make correct decisions, to plan resources usage and to respond to changes in the project environment.

bubble chart, bubble chart creator, bubble diagram Bubble Diagrams

bubble chart, bubble chart creator, bubble diagram
Bubble diagrams have enjoyed great success in software engineering, architecture, economics, medicine, landscape design, scientific and educational process, for ideas organization during brainstorming, for making business illustrations, presentations, planning, design, and strategy development. They are popular because of their simplicity and their powerful visual communication attributes.

circle-spoke diagram, marketing diagrams Circle-Spoke Diagrams

circle-spoke diagram, marketing diagrams
Examples of subject areas that are well suited to this approach are marketing, business, products promotion, process modeling, market, resource, time, and cost analysis. Circle-Spoke Diagrams are successfully used in presentations, conferences, management documents, magazines, reportages, reviews, reports, TV, and social media.

Tweet, twitter, mindmap, mind map, mindmapping tools, sending of Tweets, Effective Message with Twitter, solution park MindTweet

Tweet, twitter, mindmap, mind map, mindmapping tools, sending of Tweets, Effective Message with Twitter, solution park
This solution extends ConceptDraw MINDMAP software with the ability to brainstorm, review and organize the sending of Tweets.

presentation, powerpoint, process, mindmap mind map, mindmapping tools, solution park Presentation Exchange

presentation, powerpoint, process, mindmap mind map, mindmapping tools, solution park
This solution extends ConceptDraw MINDMAP software with the ability to import presentations from Microsoft PowerPoint, as well as enhancing its existing presentation capabilities.

How to Build a Flowchart

The ConceptDraw PRO is a professional software for quick creating great looking flowcharts. The vector stencils from object libraries allows you to use RapidDraw technology. By the clicking on direction arrows one can add new object to flowcharts. This technology gives to users the ability to fast creating visualization for the structural data. Learn the basics of flowcharting and see how to build create a flowchart using ConceptDraw automatic drawing tools.

circle-spoke diagram, spoke charts Basic Circle-Spoke Diagrams

circle-spoke diagram, spoke charts
Basic circle-spoke diagrams are well suited for marketing, management documents, and presentations.

Data structure diagram with ConceptDraw PRO

Data structure diagram (DSD) is intended for description of conceptual models of data (concepts and connections between them) in the graphic format for more obviousness. Data structure diagram includes entities description, connections between them and obligatory conditions and requirements which connect them. Create Data structure diagram with ConceptDraw PRO.

seven management and planning tools Seven Management and Planning Tools

seven management and planning tools
Seven Management and Planning Tools solution extends ConceptDraw PRO and ConceptDraw MINDMAP with features, templates, samples and libraries of vector stencils for drawing management mind maps and diagrams.