Lisa,
I haven't done many flowcharts but when I did, I used active voice
except for decision points. If a step can't be expressed in active
voice, maybe it can be in the previous step (the one that has to be
accomplished before this one). Does that make any sense? I thought the
whole purpose of a flowchart was to show actions/functions and the
decisions made in between. Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about,
but at least you have my two-cents worth ;>)
Cheers,
Ed Lightle
Sr. Technical Writer
Command Alkon
614-799-0600 ext. 5225
www.commandalkon.com
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Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:25:21 -0600
From: "Lisa Gielczyk (TCP)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [TCP] flowcharts
To: email <tcp@techcommpros.com>
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Hello everyone,
I'm learning many things in my new job. One of the things I'm doing that
I've not done much before is flowcharting. Does anyone know if there are
standard conventions for things like:
* Alignment when one step triggers several others simultaneously
* Is active voice preferred over passive voice in multi-funciton
(swimlane)
charts (e.g. "Doc Manager sends job request to technical writer" rather
than
"Technical Writer receives job request from Doc Manager")?
I've found resources online for flowcharts, but none that give answers
to
these specific questions.
Thanks,
Lisa G.
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