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.

ER Diagram Styles

When creating ER diagrams, you can apply different color ER diagram styles and also notation styles. ConceptDraw PRO enhanced with Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD) Solution gives the ability to draw visual and attractive ER Diagrams using the style icons from Crow’s Foot notation and Chen's notation professionally designed and offered by ERD Chen's Notation and ERD Crow’s Foot Notation libraries.

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.

SIPOC Diagram

SIPOC is a tool that summarizes the inputs and outputs of one or more processes in table form. You need to draw professional looking SIPOC Diagram quick and easy? Pay please your attention on ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software. Extended with Business Process Mapping Solution from the Business Processes Area of ConceptDraw Solution Park, it suits ideal for this.

Flow Diagrams

Flow diagrams is a diagram used for structuring complex system and visually representing a flow and interactions of elements in a system. ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software enhanced with Flowcharts Solution from the "Diagrams" Area of ConceptDraw Solution Park is perfect for easy drawing professional looking Flow Diagrams. For drawing Flow Diagrams the Flowcharts Solution provides: 2 libraries with commonly used predesigned vector objects - Flowchart library and Flowcharts Rapid Draw library; collection of Flow Diagrams samples; Basic Flowchart template.

How To Create Onion Diagram

An onion diagram is a kind of chart that shows the dependencies among parts of an organization or process. The chart displays items in concentric circles, where the items in each ring depend on the items in the smaller rings. The Onion Diagram is able to show layers of a complete system in a few circles. But how to create Onion Diagram? Now, it's very easy thanks to the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with Stakeholder Onion Diagrams Solution from the Management Area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Hiring Process

Hiring process is a set of actions taken by an organization for attracting, selecting and appointing suitable candidates for jobs. Managers and recruitment specialists actively apply various technics, methods, models and also modern computer technologies for effective planning and realization hiring process. ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software aspires to help its users in the hiring process and offers a powerful HR Flowcharts Solution from the Management Area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Create Floor Plans Easily with ConceptDraw PRO

How to create Floor Plan Design easy and effectively? You can invite an interior designer and trust this work to him, which is usually expensive and result may not always meet your expectations. Another way is to design it yourself, but at this case you need to have special skills, knowledges and abilities, among them basic knowledge of the composition rules, color theory, materials science and software for interior design development. The ability to use specialized software for drawing is especially valuable, useful and saves your time. ConceptDraw PRO is one of the best among similar software, it offers extensive functionality, powerful tools, a lot of features, and is simple for using, so can be applied by everyone without efforts. Enhanced with Floor Plans and other solutions from the Building Plans area, the ConceptDraw PRO software helps easily create unique and harmonious interior designs, and draw in desired scale professional-looking Floor Plans and Layouts for homes, apartments, hotels, offices, and other buildings. ConceptDraw PRO is a full Visio compatibility and better alternative for students, teachers and business professionals to reliably create kinds of flowcharts, organizational charts, network diagrams, floor plans, electrical diagrams, software design diagrams, maps and more.

Flowchart Definition

Flowchart definition - A Flowchart is a diagram that graphically represents the structure of the system, the flow of steps in a process, algorithm, or the sequence of steps and decisions for execution a process or solution a problem. For depiction the steps there are used specific shapes and graphic symbols which are linked by lines and directional arrows. The main standard shapes are rectangle or box, rounded box, diamond, circle. A Flowchart is a convenient way to observe the follow the process from beginning to end, it lets improve the work of process, highlight the key elements and detach not essential or even excessive steps. The Flowcharts can represent different levels of detail: High-Level Flowchart, Detailed Flowchart, and Deployment or Matrix Flowchart. They are incredibly useful for programmers when developing the programs of any complexity and on any high level language. Create your own Flowcharts using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software and powerful tools of Flowcharts solution from "Diagrams" area.