Hi
Everyone,
In
this blog series of Skills for 2014 #GettingRelevant, we shall be engaging
ourselves on how to remain relevant in the workplace and adding valuable skills
that will propel us to greatness in our chosen fields.
Today,
we shall be examining how to design process flow charts in its basic form. A
process in an organization is an activity carried out by a unit to bring about
a desired outcome. So, as you’ll agree we have many processes in an
organization that eventually leads to the desired outcome in form of products
and services. There are industry-certifications dealing with process creation,
improvement and optimization like Lean and Six Sigma – you can Google and read
more.
First
step in creating your flowchart is sketching it on a piece of paper, indicating
both the start and end positions. Then you decide on which tool to use – Visio,
SmartDraw, Word or Excel. We will make use of MS Visio.
In
this guide, we will examine a process flowchart for a network implementation. This
process has steps defined which are listed in order: Conduct a Needs Analysis
and establish Business Case, Management Approval, Technical Site Survey, Gather
Requirements, Network Planning and Design, Document Bill of Materials, Project
Management/Implementation Plan, Execute, Evaluate Objectives/Optimize and
Closing.
Let’s
Begin: In your design you need to understand what each flowchart shape means.
These are examples of flowchart shapes. So depending on each step of your design
will determine what shape to drag to the work area.
So, after listing out your
flowchart steps then start dragging the shapes into the work area.
You can
use the tools provided in Visio to add text, connectors etc to your chart
After all
the adds, deletes, and everything our flowchart diagram will look as follows:
There are
tonnes of simple as well as complex designs available online that can help you
to come up with a professional flowchart for your software, engineering and
other administrative use.
Hope this
little information will propel you to take on this skill and add value to
yourself.
For ideas
and contributions mail me sonde.damilol@gmail.com
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