

Cross Functional FlowchartĪ cross functional flowchart is the same as a basic flowchart, but with an added element of structure: containers called “swimlanes” that represent the people or departments that are responsible for each step. The Basic Flowchart template is useful for a broad range of business processes, where each step can be represented using simple geometric shapes. These diagrams are supported in Visio Standard, Visio Professional, and the subscription versions of Visio.

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. Process diagrams for specific methodologies Visio has a lot of process diagram templates, but they all can be put into one of two categories:
