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Flow Chart

The production flowchart is a visual representation of the sequence of the content of your product. It shows what comes first, second, third, etc. as well as what your audience will do, if anything, and what will happen when they've done it. A completed flowchart organizes your topics, strategies, treatments, and options into a plan from which you can work out the details of what each screen, page, frame, or shot will look like. Four particular types of flow charts have proven useful when dealing with a process analysis: top-down flow chart, detailed flow chart, work flow diagrams, and a deployment chart. Each of the different types of flow charts tend to provide a different aspect to a process or a task

Symbols normally used for Flow Charts

	Start and End This symbol is used to indicate both the beginning and the end of your program.
	Graphic/Text This symbol indicates individual content for screens, pages, or frames.
	Decision This symbol is used when there is interactivity between your audience and the program. It is usually in the form of a yes/no question, with branching flow lines depending upon the answer.
	Place Marker This is a place marker. If you have to go to another line or page with your flowchart, this symbol is numbered and put at the end of the line or page. It is then used at the beginning of the next line or page with the same number so a reader of the chart can follow the path

History

As a whole, flow charting has been in existence for a very long time. In fact, flow charts have been used for so long that no one individual is specified as the "father of the flow chart". The reason for this is obvious. A flow chart can be customized to fit any need or purpose. For this reason, flow charts can be recognized as a very unique quality improvement method.

Flow Chart Example

The example I’m using is base on Singapore Education system. It consist of 3 main stages and they are

Primary Education
Secondary Education
Post Secondary Education

Construction tips

Gathering of information of how the process flows with repeated trial of process flow allows other more familiar personnel to check for accuracy. It is also important to make changes if necessary. This can be performed by comparing the final actual flow with best possible flow.

All major elements of the project are indicated clearly with them being clearly labeled too. You must ensure the sequence of the elements is clear, logical and there is no gaps in between or dead ends. Most importantly the flowchart symbols must be used correctly.

Suggested Software

ABC Flowchater, Corel Flow and Visio are some of the numerous software packages are available to produce process flow charts. This are just some of the software packages designed specifically for flow charts. All of the packages listed are compatible with Microsoft Windows.