Explore hundreds of diagram examples and flowchart templates for Visio. Open or download them here, or go directly into Visio and find them there.

The Basic Flowchart template in Visio comes with shapes that you can use to show many kinds of processes, and it is especially useful for showing basic business processes like the proposal development process shown in the following figure.

If you want to diagram a process and you don’t have a specific methodology you want to follow, one of these three templates should work well. These diagrams are supported in Visio Standard, Visio Professional, and the subscription versions of Visio. Basic flowchart. Cross-functional flowchart. Work-flow diagram. To find these templates:

Create a BPMN diagram in Visio and export to Power Automate to automate workflows between your favorite apps and services. For example, you can create a workflow to get notifications when someone submits a form on your website, or collect and organize data for you when someone follows you on Twitter.

In this video, watch how to get a flowchart diagram started in Visio. Drag and connect shapes to build the sequence of steps or elements that make up the process you’re drawing. Use text to add information, and add visual touches to add impact and clarity.

Business analysts and process analysts who are already familiar with flowcharting in Visio can use Visio to design a workflow that represents their business logic, export the workflow, and enable a site owner or IT professional using SharePoint Designer to implement it in a form that can be automated in SharePoint 2010.

A cross-functional flowchart reveals who does what and when in a grid-like diagram organized into sections. It goes beyond a basic flowchart to show the relationships between functions (such as a stakeholder or department) and phases (such as milestones) in a process.

The Microsoft SharePoint Workflow templates have shapes for actions and conditions of SharePoint workflows. You can design a SharePoint workflow in Visio Professional, or you can import a workflow from SharePoint Designer and Visio will generate a diagram for you.

EPC diagrams use graphical symbols to show the control-flow structure of a business process as a chain of events and functions. Use the EPC Diagram template or EPC diagram shapes in Visio to create a high-level, visual model of your business process.

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