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Workflow diagrams

Workflow diagrams

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Workflow diagrams

- [Instructor] Now we are going to focus on workflow diagrams. Although workflow diagrams may look complicated, if you are really familiar with the work they depict, like something you do in your role at your workplace, they actually are rather intuitive to create. A workflow diagram documents a particular process within an organization at any particular level you want. Here's an example to prove to you that these are intuitive to make, so long as you really understand the organization and the process. When I was in college I lived in a three-bedroom apartment with two roommates. I wanted to make sure our electric bill was never shut off so I set up this process within our roommate organization. I made the two roommates pay me their part of the bill. Then I sent the payment for the bill for the whole apartment to the electric company. See how simple that was? But there are some rules. Since workflow diagrams focus on the…

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