Flowcharts and processes
Processes are the most documented and least understood thing in most companies. The diagrams here all describe work moving through steps, and they differ mainly in what they choose to make visible: order, ownership, data, or time.
Pick by the question you are answering, not by the diagram you drew last time.
#In this section
FlowchartMake a flowchart in Confluence. Compare the Mermaid visual editor with the drag and drop draw.io editor.Flowchart symbolsWhat each flowchart symbol means, terminator, process, decision and data, and how to draw each one in Confluence.Swimlane diagramDraw a cross functional flowchart with lanes per team or role, in draw.io or with ActDiag lanes.Business process diagramModel a business process in Confluence with real BPMN 2.0 notation: pools, lanes, gateways and events.Approval workflowDiagram an approval workflow in Confluence with reviewers, escalation paths and rejection loops.Data flow diagramCreate a DFD in Confluence with processes, data stores and external entities, at context or level 1 detail.Decision treeBuild a decision tree in Confluence for triage runbooks and eligibility rules, with automatic layout.Decision tableAuthor a DMN decision table with real hit policies and FEEL expressions, not a static table pasted in the page.Value stream mapDraw a lean value stream map with process boxes, data boxes, inventory and a lead time ladder.User flow diagramChart a user flow screen by screen with decision points and dead ends, and keep it beside the spec.
Draw the unhappy path too.
