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System Flowcharts

System flowcharts visually represent how data flows and decisions are made within a system, using symbols like arrows and rectangles. They simplify complex processes, enhance communication across teams, and are useful in various fields such as software development and business modeling. While flowcharts have advantages like improved clarity and documentation, they can be challenging to create and modify for large or complex systems.

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System Flowcharts

System flowcharts visually represent how data flows and decisions are made within a system, using symbols like arrows and rectangles. They simplify complex processes, enhance communication across teams, and are useful in various fields such as software development and business modeling. While flowcharts have advantages like improved clarity and documentation, they can be challenging to create and modify for large or complex systems.

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System Flowchart

Definition: System flowcharts are a way of displaying how data flows in a system
and how decisions are made to control events. Figure caption, Symbols used in
flowcharts. To illustrate this, symbols are used.
Introduction to Flowcharts
The flowcharts are simple visual tools that help us understand and represent
processes very easily. They use shapes like arrows, rectangles, and diamonds to
show steps and decisions clearly. If someone is making a project or explaining a
complex task, flowcharts can make complex ideas easier to understand.

What are Flowcharts?


Flowcharts are the visual representations of an algorithm or a process. Flowcharts
use symbols/shapes like arrows, rectangles, and diamonds to properly explain the
sequence of steps involved in the algorithm or process. Flowcharts have their use
cases in various fields such as software development, business process modeling,
and engineering.

Why use Flowcharts?


Flowcharts are used due to the numerous amount of benefits they provide. Below
are some of the important reasons to use flowcharts:
 They provide clarity and simplification to the complex processes and
algorithms, which in turn helps other people to understand them easily.
 Flowcharts provide a universal visual language that can be understood by
anyone across different teams and helps reduce miscommunications.
 They are an optimal solution for documenting standard operating procedures,
workflows, or business processes. This makes it easier to train new employees.
 Flowcharts help in increasing the visualization of the problem being solved
which enables more informed and data-driven choices.

Types of Flowcharts
There are many types of flowcharts, each is designed to represent different kinds
of processes and information. Some common types of flowcharts are:
 Process Flowchart: It represents the sequence of steps in a process. They are
frequently used in business process modeling, manufacturing, and project
management
 Swim lane Flowchart: It organizes the process into different lanes, each
representing a different person or department and is used for illustrating how
different teams or departments collaborate within a process
 Workflow Diagram: It represents how tasks, documents, or information move
through a system and is commonly used in office processes or software
development
 Data Flow Diagram (DFD): It focuses on detailing the inputs, processes, and
outputs. Used in system design and analysis to model the flow of data within a
system
 Decision Flowchart: It focuses on mapping out decision points within a
process and the possible outcomes of each decision. It is used in decision-
making scenarios.

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Types of Flowcharts
Three types of flowcharts are listed below:
1. Process flowchart: This type of flowchart shows all the activities that are
involved in making a product. It provides a pathway to analyze the product to be
built. A process flowchart is most commonly used in process engineering to
illustrate the relation between the major as well as minor components present in
the product. It is used in business product modeling to help understand employees
about the project requirements and gain some insight into the project.
2. Data flowchart: As the name suggests, the data flowchart is used to analyze the
data, specifically it helps in analyzing the structural details related to the project.
Using this flowchart, one can easily understand the data inflow and outflow from
the system. It is most commonly used to manage data or to analyze information
to and fro from the system.
3. Business Process Modeling Diagram: Using this flowchart or diagram, one can
analytically represent the business process and help simplify the concepts needed
to understand business activities and the flow of information. This flowchart
illustrates the business process and models graphically which paves the way for
process improvement.

Principles(Rules) of Flowchart
A flowchart is a graphical representation of an algorithm. It should follow some
rules while creating a flowchart
 1: Flowchart opening statement must be ‘start’ keyword.
 2: Flowchart ending statement must be ‘end’ keyword.
 3: All symbols in the flowchart must be connected with an arrow line.
 4: Each decision point should have two or more distinct outcomes.
 5: Flow should generally move from top to bottom or left to right.
Advantages of using a Flowchart
 Flowcharts are a better way of communicating the logic of the system.
 Flowcharts act as a guide for blueprint during program designed.
 Flowcharts help in debugging process.
 With the help of flowcharts programs can be easily analyzed.
 They provide better documentation.
 Flowcharts serve as a good proper documentation.

Disadvantages of using a Flowchart


 It is difficult to draw flowcharts for large and complex programs.
 There is no standard to determine the amount of detail.
 It is very difficult to modify the Flowchart.
 Making a flowchart is costly.
 If changes are done in software, then the flowchart must be redrawn

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