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Flowchart and workflow templates

Start with the question your diagram should answer. A simple flowchart explains steps and decisions; a swimlane makes ownership visible. The related notations here help when choices, parallel work or changing states matter more than a single sequence.

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Mermaid

Flowchart

Choose this for a small process with a yes/no decision. Its input-validation example keeps the successful and error paths visible, making it a useful starting point for a procedure or a short tutorial.

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Mermaid

Swimlane / Cross-functional

Choose this when a process crosses roles or teams. The Customer, Sales and Warehouse groups make hand-offs explicit; rename the lanes before adding more steps so responsibilities stay clear.

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Decision tree

Decision Tree — Launch, License or Shelve a New Product

Choose this when alternatives have uncertain outcomes you want to compare. Decision and chance nodes carry different meanings; replace the illustrative product-launch probabilities and payoffs before interpreting the calculated results.

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Mermaid

Activity Diagram

Choose this for an order-processing workflow with several decisions and exception paths. Review the stock and payment branches and where work rejoins; a line of boxes would hide the backorder and cancellation outcomes.

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State machine (FSM)

Order Lifecycle — the Reference Machine

Choose this when one thing changes state in response to events, such as an order moving through payment and shipping. Label transitions with their triggers and guards; use a flowchart when you instead need the steps performed by several people.

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A closer look

Flowchart

Choose this for a small process with a yes/no decision. Its input-validation example keeps the successful and error paths visible, making it a useful starting point for a procedure or a short tutorial.

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flowchart TD
    A([Start]) --> B[/Read input/]
    B --> C{Valid?}
    C -- yes --> D[Process]
    C -- no --> E[/Show error/]
    D --> F[/Write output/]
    F --> G([End])
    E --> G

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Choose one level of detail

Keep a page focused on one process and one audience. Start with a few meaningful stages, then make a separate diagram for a complicated subprocess. Mixing a strategic stage with individual clicks makes both harder to follow.

Trace an exception as well as the happy path

Walk through the diagram with a real example. At each decision, ask whether every outcome is named and whether each branch has a destination. Confirm loops, stopping conditions and hand-offs before adjusting colour or spacing.

Make the example your own

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